girls:
482 births since 2001
#5234 (8th percentile)
boys:
40 births since 1992
#4546 (1st percentile)
overall:
522 births since 1992
#7217 (7th percentile)
The name Dilynn is the #7,217 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 522 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 6.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,234 (8.4% percentile) for all time with 482 births since 2001. For boys, it ranks #4,546 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 40 births since 1992.
Dilynn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (1992 for boys and 2001 for girls). Birth data for Dilynn is available in 25 out of the 32 years between 1992 and 2023 (22 years for girls and 7 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 Dilynn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 92.3% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for boys (78.6% boys from 1992 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (96.4% girls from 2003 to 2023).
For girls, Dilynn reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #904) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Dilynn ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 37.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dilynn reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #877) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dilynn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Dilynn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.1% confident that Dilynn is pronounced as DIH-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is dih-LIHN, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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