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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #52 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 164 boysAKMaine: #47 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 153 boysMEVermont: #23 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 88 boysVTNew Hampshire: #35 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 114 boysNHWashington: #39 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 182 boysWAIdaho: #50 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 191 boysIDMontana: #72 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 243 boysMTNorth Dakota: #82 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 253 boysNDMinnesota: #37 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 167 boysMNIllinois: #38 for boys · 425 births · 1 in 164 boysILWisconsin: #33 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 153 boysWIMichigan: #38 for boys · 297 births · 1 in 162 boysMINew York: #24 for boys · 782 births · 1 in 136 boysNYMassachusetts: #29 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 114 boysMARhode Island: #24 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 92 boysRIOregon: #41 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 181 boysORNevada: #28 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 142 boysNVWyoming: #36 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 119 boysWYSouth Dakota: #23 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 114 boysSDIowa: #34 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 154 boysIAIndiana: #46 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 183 boysINOhio: #46 for boys · 345 births · 1 in 175 boysOHPennsylvania: #34 for boys · 446 births · 1 in 137 boysPANew Jersey: #19 for boys · 379 births · 1 in 113 boysNJConnecticut: #21 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 96 boysCTCalifornia: #29 for boys · 1,500 births · 1 in 156 boysCAUtah: #32 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 175 boysUTColorado: #27 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 151 boysCONebraska: #62 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 219 boysNEMissouri: #49 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 187 boysMOKentucky: #52 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 187 boysKYWest Virginia: #39 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 139 boysWVVirginia: #36 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 158 boysVAMaryland: #35 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 141 boysMDDelaware: #40 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 129 boysDEArizona: #35 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 165 boysAZNew Mexico: #60 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 204 boysNMKansas: #53 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 200 boysKSArkansas: #55 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 209 boysARTennessee: #42 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 189 boysTNNorth Carolina: #38 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 171 boysNCSouth Carolina: #44 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 186 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #34 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 135 boysDCOklahoma: #53 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 214 boysOKLouisiana: #31 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 170 boysLAMississippi: #46 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 203 boysMSAlabama: #39 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 184 boysALGeorgia: #40 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 193 boysGAHawaii: #8 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 94 boysHITexas: #39 for boys · 953 births · 1 in 187 boysTXFlorida: #28 for boys · 630 births · 1 in 147 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#8 · 1 in 94
  2. New Jersey#19 · 1 in 113
  3. Connecticut#21 · 1 in 96
  4. Vermont#23 · 1 in 88
  5. South Dakota#23 · 1 in 114

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#8511 in 94
New Jersey#193791 in 113
Connecticut#211531 in 96
South Dakota#23351 in 114
Vermont#23211 in 88
New York#247821 in 136
Rhode Island#24441 in 92
Colorado#271821 in 151
Florida#286301 in 147
Nevada#28961 in 142
California#291,5001 in 156
Massachusetts#292641 in 114
Louisiana#311401 in 170
Utah#321261 in 175
Wisconsin#331811 in 153
District of Columbia#34291 in 135
Iowa#34991 in 154
Pennsylvania#344461 in 137
Arizona#352261 in 165
Maryland#352001 in 141
New Hampshire#35441 in 114
Virginia#362631 in 158
Wyoming#36161 in 119
Minnesota#371661 in 167
Illinois#384251 in 164
Michigan#382971 in 162
North Carolina#383021 in 171
Alabama#391271 in 184
Texas#399531 in 187
Washington#391961 in 182
West Virginia#39581 in 139
Delaware#40281 in 129
Georgia#402891 in 193
Oregon#411011 in 181
Tennessee#421861 in 189
South Carolina#441131 in 186
Indiana#461971 in 183
Mississippi#46681 in 203
Ohio#463451 in 175
Maine#47311 in 153
Missouri#491751 in 187
Idaho#50441 in 191
Alaska#52211 in 164
Kentucky#521201 in 187
Kansas#53821 in 200
Oklahoma#53961 in 214
Arkansas#55691 in 209
New Mexico#60491 in 204
Nebraska#62451 in 219
Montana#72161 in 243
North Dakota#82141 in 253

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 2010

girls
#575
508 births · 1 in 3,499 girls
boys
#31
10,520 births · 1 in 182 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #575Dylan508

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #31Dylan10,520
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 3,499 of them was named Dylan, which outranked 97.1% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dylan
  1. #571Kaliyah511
  2. #573Averie509
  3. #573Hallie509
  4. #575Dylan508
  5. #575Aylin508
  6. #575Kristen508
  7. #575Madalynn508
  8. #580Saniyah507
  9. #581Lesly505
  10. #582Kiana504

Tied with 4 names at #575; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 182 of them was named Dylan, which outranked 99.8% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dylan
  1. #28Jonathan11,140
  2. #29Christian11,110
  3. #30Liam10,933
  4. #31Dylan10,520
  5. #32Caleb10,485
  6. #33Landon10,483
  7. #34Tyler10,458
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →