girls:
15.5k births since 1967
#1221 (79th percentile)
boys:
404.9k births since 1953
#83 (98th percentile)
overall:
420.4k births since 1953
#166 (98th percentile)
The name Dylan is the #166 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 420,423 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 97.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 97.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #83 (98.2% percentile) for all time with 404,901 births since 1953. For girls, it ranks #1,221 (78.6% percentile) for all time with 15,522 births since 1967.
Dylan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (1953 for boys and 1967 for girls).
The name Dylan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.0% of babies named Dylan were boys.
For boys, Dylan reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 97.9% percentile (ranked #19) with 7,027 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 7,976 births per million (ranked 97.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2003, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dylan ranks #33 for boys (96.5% percentile) with 3,852 births per million, which is 48.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dylan reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 65.6% percentile (ranked #327) with 473 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 473 births per million (ranked 65.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Dylan ranks #538 for girls (43.2% percentile) with 258 births per million, which is 54.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dylan".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Dylan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.0% confident that Dylan is pronounced as DIH-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAI-luhn, at 16.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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