girls:
389 births since 1955
#5327 (7th percentile)
boys:
895 births since 1978
#3694 (19th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1955
#6458 (17th percentile)
The name Dalyn is the #6,458 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,284 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 16.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,694 (19.4% percentile) for all time with 895 births since 1978. For girls, it ranks #5,327 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 389 births since 1955.
Dalyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1978 for boys). Birth data for Dalyn is available in 55 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023 (48 years for girls and 39 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dalyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (69.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Dalyn were boys. Interestingly, until around 1991, the name was more popular for girls (78.1% girls from 1955 to 1990), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (77.8% boys from 1991 to 2023).
For boys, Dalyn reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #773) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dalyn ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 30.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dalyn reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #885) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dalyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Dalyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Dalyn is pronounced as DAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DA-lihn, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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