girls:
1.8k births since 1985
#4002 (30th percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1977
#2974 (35th percentile)
overall:
3.5k births since 1977
#4609 (40th percentile)
The name Daylin is the #4,609 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,522 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 40.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,002 (30.0% percentile) for all time with 1,778 births since 1985. For boys, it ranks #2,974 (35.1% percentile) for all time with 1,744 births since 1977.
Daylin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1985 for girls). Birth data for Daylin is available in 43 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (40 years for boys and 36 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 Daylin is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 70.3% of babies named Daylin were girls. Interestingly, until around 2018, the name was more popular for boys (56.9% boys from 1977 to 2017), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (68.8% girls from 2018 to 2023).
For girls, Daylin reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 14.4% percentile (ranked #805) with 79 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 79 births per million (ranked 14.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Daylin ranks #824 for girls (13.0% percentile) with 73 births per million, which is 92.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Daylin reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 11.2% percentile (ranked #800) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 50 births per million (ranked 11.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Daylin ranks #862 for boys (5.4% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 59.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Daylin".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Daylin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.0% confident that Daylin is pronounced as DAY-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAY-luhn, at 10.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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