Dylan

#807 for girls in 2025, 338 births · #41 for boys in 2025, 6,208 births
Given to boys 96.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
2003 · 15,703 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
36 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
418,679
since 1953

Dylan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201992peak #19, 2003boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#807338#416,208
2024#694409#287,487
2023#651451#347,074
2022#572525#426,745
2021#567536#446,767
2020#497616#426,857
2019#436729#397,555
2018#398776#318,610
2017#354894#299,315
2016#394842#329,720
2015#399815#2710,298
2014#394828#2910,416
2013#490613#2910,127
2012#512595#3110,001
2011#496598#339,792
2010#575508#3110,520
2009#559546#3011,373
2008#526581#3111,710
2007#693420#2912,811
2006#734380#2613,171
2005#608468#2413,782
2004#475620#1914,852
2003#502572#1915,703
2002#882256#2314,821
2001#1,066199#2116,497
2000#1,431128#2415,405
1999#1,371129#2315,981
1998#1,099175#2514,540
1997#1,040183#3012,968
1996#1,149158#3312,037
1995#1,039174#3412,091
1994#915207#3212,530
1993#792257#3212,686
1992#1,099163#2815,064
1991#1,383116#469,763
1990#1,84777#834,414
1989#2,02762#1152,853
1988#2,09355#1372,158
1987#2,65737#1411,997
1986#2,72435#1491,833
1985#3,62123#1881,331
1984#3,72621#231971
1983#3,68721#266777
1982#6,8889#290700
1981#3,73921#283729
1980#4,51716#265822
1979#5,75111#305639
1978#6,9488#351480
1977#9,6525#338530
1976#9,2845#385399
1975#6,4848#365454
1974#5,36010#395384
1973#8,4235#473277
1972#7,2926#454302
1971#5,5439#509257
1970#5,4139#457314
1969#5,0579#514228
1968—#685121
1967#6,8045#91063
1966—#92662
1965—#1,08147
1964—#1,26338
1963—#1,33834
1962—#1,85219
1961—#1,38833
1960—#1,25239
1959—#1,43930
1958—#1,67722
1957—#2,49411
1956—#2,62810
1955—#2,30212
1954—#3,1767
1953—#3,7985
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five boys were named Dylan! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1953–1954, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Dylan is popular in 1992

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #25 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 100 boysAKMaine: #12 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 52 boysMEVermont: #17 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 61 boysVTNew Hampshire: #36 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 105 boysNHWashington: #20 for boys · 402 births · 1 in 90 boysWAIdaho: #22 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 85 boysIDMontana: #25 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 90 boysMTNorth Dakota: #9 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 51 boysNDMinnesota: #19 for boys · 403 births · 1 in 75 boysMNIllinois: #38 for boys · 519 births · 1 in 166 boysILWisconsin: #21 for boys · 375 births · 1 in 85 boysWIMichigan: #35 for boys · 490 births · 1 in 134 boysMINew York: #37 for boys · 802 births · 1 in 165 boysNYMassachusetts: #37 for boys · 319 births · 1 in 128 boysMARhode Island: #31 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 110 boysRIOregon: #19 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 77 boysORNevada: #21 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 81 boysNVWyoming: #22 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 76 boysWYSouth Dakota: #18 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 70 boysSDIowa: #21 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 81 boysIAIndiana: #26 for boys · 415 births · 1 in 94 boysINOhio: #27 for boys · 715 births · 1 in 108 boysOHPennsylvania: #28 for boys · 754 births · 1 in 103 boysPANew Jersey: #36 for boys · 331 births · 1 in 159 boysNJConnecticut: #35 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 131 boysCTCalifornia: #38 for boys · 1,665 births · 1 in 171 boysCAUtah: #40 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 140 boysUTColorado: #23 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 99 boysCONebraska: #16 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 67 boysNEMissouri: #24 for boys · 413 births · 1 in 88 boysMOKentucky: #31 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 110 boysKYWest Virginia: #35 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 121 boysWVVirginia: #36 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 138 boysVAMaryland: #38 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 151 boysMDDelaware: #35 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 113 boysDEArizona: #26 for boys · 294 births · 1 in 106 boysAZNew Mexico: #34 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 140 boysNMKansas: #15 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 72 boysKSArkansas: #19 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 90 boysARTennessee: #23 for boys · 317 births · 1 in 111 boysTNNorth Carolina: #29 for boys · 370 births · 1 in 125 boysNCSouth Carolina: #31 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 136 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #84 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 357 boysDCOklahoma: #12 for boys · 303 births · 1 in 67 boysOKLouisiana: #13 for boys · 383 births · 1 in 80 boysLAMississippi: #33 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 161 boysMSAlabama: #30 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 138 boysALGeorgia: #32 for boys · 355 births · 1 in 137 boysGAHawaii: #17 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 76 boysHITexas: #34 for boys · 897 births · 1 in 171 boysTXFlorida: #27 for boys · 727 births · 1 in 120 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#9 · 1 in 51
  2. Maine#12 · 1 in 52
  3. Oklahoma#12 · 1 in 67
  4. Louisiana#13 · 1 in 80
  5. Kansas#15 · 1 in 72

Best ever in a state: #2 in North Dakota, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#9811 in 51
Maine#121341 in 52
Oklahoma#123031 in 67
Louisiana#133831 in 80
Kansas#152211 in 72
Nebraska#161541 in 67
Hawaii#17901 in 76
Vermont#17491 in 61
South Dakota#18641 in 70
Arkansas#191601 in 90
Minnesota#194031 in 75
Oregon#192511 in 77
Washington#204021 in 90
Iowa#212181 in 81
Nevada#211111 in 81
Wisconsin#213751 in 85
Idaho#22841 in 85
Wyoming#22301 in 76
Colorado#232501 in 99
Tennessee#233171 in 111
Missouri#244131 in 88
Alaska#25431 in 100
Montana#25491 in 90
Arizona#262941 in 106
Indiana#264151 in 94
Florida#277271 in 120
Ohio#277151 in 108
Pennsylvania#287541 in 103
North Carolina#293701 in 125
Alabama#301911 in 138
Kentucky#312211 in 110
Rhode Island#31581 in 110
South Carolina#311661 in 136
Georgia#323551 in 137
Mississippi#331021 in 161
New Mexico#34831 in 140
Texas#348971 in 171
Connecticut#351601 in 131
Delaware#35391 in 113
Michigan#354901 in 134
West Virginia#35851 in 121
New Hampshire#36651 in 105
New Jersey#363311 in 159
Virginia#363051 in 138
Massachusetts#373191 in 128
New York#378021 in 165
California#381,6651 in 171
Illinois#385191 in 166
Maryland#382111 in 151
Utah#401191 in 140
District of Columbia#84211 in 357

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Dylan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 13 spots since 2024 (#28 → #41)
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#42 → #41)
  • 14 spots since 2015 (#27 → #41)
  • Biggest jump: 225 spots in 1968 (#910 → #685)
  • Biggest drop: 52 spots in 1971 (#457 → #509)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 2003 at #19 (15,703 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 36 yrs · run 1990–2025
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1966–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 118
  • Highest: 1 in 118 boys born in 2001 were named Dylan (0.85%)
  • Latest: 1 in 275 boys born in 2025 (0.36%)
  • Its best rank, #19 in 2003, was only 1 in 126 (0.79%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 33.5% of all boys named Dylan (140,125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s97#1,439 (1959)#2,502
1960s684#514 (1969)#1,121
1970s4,036#305 (1979)#403
1980s14,171#115 (1989)#207
1990s122,074#23 (1999)#37
2000s140,125#19 (2003)#25
2010s96,354#27 (2015)#31
2020s41,138#28 (2024)#39

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dylan in 1992

girls
#1,099
163 births · 1 in 11,312 girls
boys
#28
15,064 births · 1 in 133 boys

Top girls' names in 1992

  1. #1Ashley38,460
  2. #2Jessica38,361
  3. #3Amanda25,039
  4. #4Brittany24,983
  5. #5Sarah24,634
  6. #6Samantha24,407
  7. #7Emily21,835
  8. #8Stephanie19,680
  9. #9Elizabeth19,035
  10. #10Megan17,842
  11. #1,099Dylan163

Top boys' names in 1992

  1. #1Michael54,410
  2. #2Christopher42,468
  3. #3Matthew37,733
  4. #4Joshua36,221
  5. #5Andrew30,542
  6. #6Brandon29,628
  7. #7Daniel29,157
  8. #8Tyler28,806
  9. #9James28,513
  10. #10David28,425
  11. #28Dylan15,064
More about 1992

girls

1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 11,312 of them was named Dylan, which outranked 93.0% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dylan
  1. #1,095Lissette164
  2. #1,095Marianna164
  3. #1,095Roberta164
  4. #1,099Dylan163
  5. #1,099Brandee163
  6. #1,099Cherie163
  7. #1,099Elyssa163
  8. #1,105Brigitte162
  9. #1,105Iman162
  10. #1,105Jasmyne162

Tied with 5 names at #1,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,282Darian#2,989 → #707
  2. ↑ 1,958Payton#2,660 → #702
  3. ↑ 1,450Peyton#2,034 → #584
  4. ↑ 1,115Chandler#1,656 → #541
  5. ↑ 1,080Brianda#1,857 → #777
Fallers
  1. ↓ 855Rebeccah#1,000 → #1,855
  2. ↓ 725Ieshia#717 → #1,442
  3. ↓ 502Miesha#997 → #1,499
  4. ↓ 470Unknown#794 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 356Phylicia#928 → #1,284

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 133 of them was named Dylan, which outranked 99.7% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dylan
  1. #25Kevin19,647
  2. #26Eric16,145
  3. #27Thomas15,290
  4. #28Dylan15,064
  5. #29Steven15,039
  6. #30Aaron14,512
  7. #31Brian14,107
Biggest movers since 1991
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,348Dalvin#7,271 → #923
  2. ↑ 3,435Jalen#3,813 → #378
  3. ↑ 2,026Davante#2,828 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,555Davonta#2,469 → #914
  5. ↑ 1,383Juwan#2,344 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,632Unnamed#972 → #3,604
  2. ↓ 450Octavius#945 → #1,395
  3. ↓ 398Male#679 → #1,077
  4. ↓ 394Khiry#915 → #1,309
  5. ↓ 379Dijon#915 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1992 →