girls:
224 births since 1998
#5492 (4th percentile)
boys:
310 births since 1992
#4276 (7th percentile)
overall:
534 births since 1992
#7205 (7th percentile)
The name Dilyn is the #7,205 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 534 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 6.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,276 (6.7% percentile) for all time with 310 births since 1992. For girls, it ranks #5,492 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 224 births since 1998.
Dilyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (1992 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Dilyn is available in 30 out of the 31 years between 1992 and 2022 (24 years for boys and 21 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 Dilyn has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (58.1% of all recorded births). In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Dilyn were boys. Interestingly, until around 2015, the name was more popular for boys (65.1% boys from 1992 to 2014), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (91.0% girls from 2015 to 2022).
For boys, Dilyn reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #805) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2018.
For girls, Dilyn reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #888) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dilyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dilyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.2% confident that Dilyn is pronounced as DIH-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEE-lihn, at 11.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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