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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #30 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 106 boysAKMaine: #11 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 56 boysMEVermont: #6 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 42 boysVTNew Hampshire: #18 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 68 boysNHWashington: #35 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 157 boysWAIdaho: #30 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 125 boysIDMontana: #16 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 71 boysMTNorth Dakota: #12 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 61 boysNDMinnesota: #27 for boys · 290 births · 1 in 98 boysMNIllinois: #40 for boys · 469 births · 1 in 176 boysILWisconsin: #29 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 114 boysWIMichigan: #34 for boys · 413 births · 1 in 147 boysMINew York: #32 for boys · 765 births · 1 in 160 boysNYMassachusetts: #41 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 159 boysMARhode Island: #33 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 114 boysRIOregon: #29 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 125 boysORNevada: #25 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 102 boysNVWyoming: #24 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 83 boysWYSouth Dakota: #16 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 71 boysSDIowa: #15 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 77 boysIAIndiana: #30 for boys · 333 births · 1 in 114 boysINOhio: #33 for boys · 517 births · 1 in 139 boysOHPennsylvania: #31 for boys · 618 births · 1 in 115 boysPANew Jersey: #38 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 183 boysNJConnecticut: #39 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 144 boysCTCalifornia: #60 for boys · 1,012 births · 1 in 257 boysCAUtah: #40 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 150 boysUTColorado: #27 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 115 boysCONebraska: #16 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 85 boysNEMissouri: #24 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 96 boysMOKentucky: #22 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 93 boysKYWest Virginia: #25 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 99 boysWVVirginia: #36 for boys · 260 births · 1 in 153 boysVAMaryland: #42 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 186 boysMDDelaware: #31 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 103 boysDEArizona: #44 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 183 boysAZNew Mexico: #45 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 171 boysNMKansas: #21 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 96 boysKSArkansas: #28 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 123 boysARTennessee: #22 for boys · 315 births · 1 in 110 boysTNNorth Carolina: #27 for boys · 374 births · 1 in 120 boysNCSouth Carolina: #28 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 124 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #81 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 346 boysDCOklahoma: #23 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 99 boysOKLouisiana: #17 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 98 boysLAMississippi: #45 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 203 boysMSAlabama: #25 for boys · 209 births · 1 in 118 boysALGeorgia: #35 for boys · 316 births · 1 in 153 boysGAHawaii: #22 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 90 boysHITexas: #36 for boys · 809 births · 1 in 189 boysTXFlorida: #30 for boys · 555 births · 1 in 153 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#6 · 1 in 42
  2. Maine#11 · 1 in 56
  3. North Dakota#12 · 1 in 61
  4. Iowa#15 · 1 in 77
  5. Montana#16 · 1 in 71

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#6621 in 42
Maine#111061 in 56
North Dakota#12631 in 61
Iowa#152131 in 77
Montana#16581 in 71
Nebraska#161181 in 85
South Dakota#16581 in 71
Louisiana#172781 in 98
New Hampshire#18931 in 68
Kansas#211591 in 96
Hawaii#22661 in 90
Kentucky#222501 in 93
Tennessee#223151 in 110
Oklahoma#231961 in 99
Missouri#243591 in 96
Wyoming#24241 in 83
Alabama#252091 in 118
Nevada#25971 in 102
West Virginia#25961 in 99
Colorado#272131 in 115
Minnesota#272901 in 98
North Carolina#273741 in 120
Arkansas#281131 in 123
South Carolina#281611 in 124
Oregon#291551 in 125
Wisconsin#292581 in 114
Alaska#30341 in 106
Florida#305551 in 153
Idaho#30581 in 125
Indiana#303331 in 114
Delaware#31391 in 103
Pennsylvania#316181 in 115
New York#327651 in 160
Ohio#335171 in 139
Rhode Island#33491 in 114
Michigan#344131 in 147
Georgia#353161 in 153
Washington#352121 in 157
Texas#368091 in 189
Virginia#362601 in 153
New Jersey#382711 in 183
Connecticut#391341 in 144
Illinois#404691 in 176
Utah#401171 in 150
Massachusetts#412371 in 159
Maryland#421591 in 186
Arizona#441771 in 183
Mississippi#45741 in 203
New Mexico#45631 in 171
California#601,0121 in 257
District of Columbia#81161 in 346

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 1995

girls
#1,039
174 births · 1 in 10,107 girls
boys
#34
12,091 births · 1 in 157 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #1,039Dylan174

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #34Dylan12,091
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 10,107 of them was named Dylan, which outranked 93.4% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dylan
  1. #1,035Olga176
  2. #1,037Darien175
  3. #1,037Yessica175
  4. #1,039Dylan174
  5. #1,039Bernadette174
  6. #1,039Georgina174
  7. #1,042Chana173
  8. #1,042Kaylah173
  9. #1,042Xiomara173

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

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 157 of them was named Dylan, which outranked 99.7% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dylan
  1. #31Benjamin12,720
  2. #32Eric12,485
  3. #33Samuel12,440
  4. #34Dylan12,091
  5. #35Jose11,781
  6. #36Brian10,991
  7. #37Steven10,661
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →