girls:
22 births since 2004
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
1k births since 1991
#3570 (22nd percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1991
#6694 (13th percentile)
The name Dylen is the #6,694 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,045 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 13.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,570 (22.1% percentile) for all time with 1,023 births since 1991. For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 2004.
Dylen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (1991 for boys and 2004 for girls).
The name Dylen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Dylen reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #794) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 27 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Despite a low point around 2012, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Dylen ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 23.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dylen reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #959) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dylen".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Dylen", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 37 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Dylan" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Dylan..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dylen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Dylen is pronounced as DAI-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DIH-luhn, at 48.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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