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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #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 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #39 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 128 boysAKMaine: #12 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 51 boysMEVermont: #17 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 59 boysVTNew Hampshire: #28 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 92 boysNHWashington: #30 for boys · 291 births · 1 in 119 boysWAIdaho: #27 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 106 boysIDMontana: #21 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 84 boysMTNorth Dakota: #23 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 87 boysNDMinnesota: #22 for boys · 371 births · 1 in 80 boysMNIllinois: #41 for boys · 489 births · 1 in 175 boysILWisconsin: #23 for boys · 341 births · 1 in 91 boysWIMichigan: #36 for boys · 451 births · 1 in 141 boysMINew York: #31 for boys · 831 births · 1 in 155 boysNYMassachusetts: #37 for boys · 288 births · 1 in 137 boysMARhode Island: #29 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 97 boysRIOregon: #29 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 111 boysORNevada: #23 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 85 boysNVWyoming: #22 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 84 boysWYSouth Dakota: #18 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 74 boysSDIowa: #20 for boys · 209 births · 1 in 84 boysIAIndiana: #28 for boys · 328 births · 1 in 118 boysINOhio: #34 for boys · 551 births · 1 in 136 boysOHPennsylvania: #34 for boys · 598 births · 1 in 127 boysPANew Jersey: #35 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 159 boysNJConnecticut: #36 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 133 boysCTCalifornia: #55 for boys · 1,216 births · 1 in 227 boysCAUtah: #57 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 208 boysUTColorado: #27 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 114 boysCONebraska: #19 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 79 boysNEMissouri: #30 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 118 boysMOKentucky: #26 for boys · 229 births · 1 in 104 boysKYWest Virginia: #41 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 142 boysWVVirginia: #39 for boys · 273 births · 1 in 150 boysVAMaryland: #43 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 171 boysMDDelaware: #40 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 124 boysDEArizona: #38 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 163 boysAZNew Mexico: #49 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 188 boysNMKansas: #21 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 91 boysKSArkansas: #21 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 92 boysARTennessee: #28 for boys · 290 births · 1 in 119 boysTNNorth Carolina: #29 for boys · 354 births · 1 in 127 boysNCSouth Carolina: #47 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 195 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #104 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 429 boysDCOklahoma: #25 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 104 boysOKLouisiana: #20 for boys · 296 births · 1 in 99 boysLAMississippi: #43 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 211 boysMSAlabama: #40 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 164 boysALGeorgia: #32 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 144 boysGAHawaii: #31 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 111 boysHITexas: #41 for boys · 784 births · 1 in 195 boysTXFlorida: #31 for boys · 622 births · 1 in 141 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maine#12 · 1 in 51
  2. Vermont#17 · 1 in 59
  3. South Dakota#18 · 1 in 74
  4. Nebraska#19 · 1 in 79
  5. Iowa#20 · 1 in 84

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#121301 in 51
Vermont#17491 in 59
South Dakota#18591 in 74
Nebraska#191261 in 79
Iowa#202091 in 84
Louisiana#202961 in 99
Arkansas#211561 in 92
Kansas#211731 in 91
Montana#21531 in 84
Minnesota#223711 in 80
Wyoming#22261 in 84
Nevada#231071 in 85
North Dakota#23471 in 87
Wisconsin#233411 in 91
Oklahoma#251881 in 104
Kentucky#262291 in 104
Colorado#272131 in 114
Idaho#27671 in 106
Indiana#283281 in 118
New Hampshire#28731 in 92
Tennessee#282901 in 119
North Carolina#293541 in 127
Oregon#291731 in 111
Rhode Island#29631 in 97
Missouri#303021 in 118
Washington#302911 in 119
Florida#316221 in 141
Hawaii#31591 in 111
New York#318311 in 155
Georgia#323331 in 144
Ohio#345511 in 136
Pennsylvania#345981 in 127
New Jersey#353201 in 159
Connecticut#361531 in 133
Michigan#364511 in 141
Massachusetts#372881 in 137
Arizona#381891 in 163
Alaska#39311 in 128
Virginia#392731 in 150
Alabama#401581 in 164
Delaware#40341 in 124
Illinois#414891 in 175
Texas#417841 in 195
West Virginia#41701 in 142
Maryland#431781 in 171
Mississippi#43751 in 211
South Carolina#471111 in 195
New Mexico#49611 in 188
California#551,2161 in 227
Utah#57811 in 208
District of Columbia#104161 in 429

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 1993

girls
#792
257 births · 1 in 7,039 girls
boys
#32
12,686 births · 1 in 155 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #792Dylan257

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #32Dylan12,686
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 7,039 of them was named Dylan, which outranked 95.0% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dylan
  1. #789Christiana259
  2. #789Dayna259
  3. #791Tyra258
  4. #792Dylan257
  5. #792Kirstie257
  6. #794Alesha256
  7. #795Christin255
  8. #795Ellie255

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 12,442Coraima#13,317 → #875
  2. ↑ 5,624Kadijah#6,314 → #690
  3. ↑ 3,307Kalene#4,236 → #929
  4. ↑ 1,413Deyanira#2,351 → #938
  5. ↑ 979Halle#1,713 → #734
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,120Latifah#802 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 747Shanae#662 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 520Jaleesa#792 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 487Brianda#777 → #1,264
  5. ↓ 417Chynna#941 → #1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 155 of them was named Dylan, which outranked 99.7% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dylan
  1. #29Eric14,548
  2. #30Aaron13,837
  3. #31Steven13,474
  4. #32Dylan12,686
  5. #32Benjamin12,686
  6. #34Brian12,544
  7. #35Christian11,891
  8. #36Jose11,847

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,880Savon#6,670 → #790
  2. ↑ 2,006Jordy#2,834 → #828
  3. ↑ 662Austyn#1,598 → #936
  4. ↑ 471Devaughn#1,395 → #924
  5. ↑ 454Mikal#1,294 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 329Channing#887 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 307Garth#658 → #965
  3. ↓ 252Earnest#911 → #1,163
  4. ↓ 241Armand#987 → #1,228
  5. ↓ 240Spenser#831 → #1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993 →