girls:
326 births since 1996
#5390 (6th percentile)
boys:
3.7k births since 1979
#2030 (56th percentile)
overall:
4.1k births since 1979
#4305 (44th percentile)
The name Daylen is the #4,305 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,056 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 44.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 44.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,030 (55.7% percentile) for all time with 3,730 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,390 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 326 births since 1996.
Daylen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Daylen is available in 42 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (42 years for boys and 27 years for girls). 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 Daylen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.1% of babies named Daylen were boys.
For boys, Daylen reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 22.0% percentile (ranked #687) with 98 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 98 births per million (ranked 22.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Daylen ranks #776 for boys (14.8% percentile) with 76 births per million, which is 78.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Daylen reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #922) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Daylen ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 49.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Daylen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Daylen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.4% confident that Daylen is pronounced as DAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAY-lihn, at 16.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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