girls:
222 births since 2002
#5494 (4th percentile)
boys:
412 births since 1991
#4174 (9th percentile)
overall:
634 births since 1991
#7105 (8th percentile)
The name Dillyn is the #7,105 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 634 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,174 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 412 births since 1991. For girls, it ranks #5,494 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 222 births since 2002.
Dillyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (1991 for boys and 2002 for girls).
The name Dillyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 45.5% of babies named Dillyn were boys. Interestingly, until around 2014, the name was more popular for boys (75.3% boys from 1991 to 2013), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (71.4% girls from 2014 to 2023).
For boys, Dillyn reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #786) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Despite a low point around 2009, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Dillyn ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 23.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dillyn reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #917) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Dillyn ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 34.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dillyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Dillyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.7% confident that Dillyn is pronounced as DIH-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DIH-leen, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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