How Many People Are Named Dylan?
people named Dylan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 801 people in the US has this name
Based on 434,951 babies named Dylan in Social Security records from 1953 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
16,696 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Welsh elements dy meaning "great" and llanw meaning "tide, flow". In Welsh mythology Dylan was a god or hero associated with the sea. He was the son of Arianrhod and was accidentally slain by his uncle Govannon.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Dylan in English. Counting Dylan and these spellings together, about 497,780 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dylan, 3.8% were girls and 96.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1960s: 2% of the babies were girls then and 6.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dylan alive today is about 20 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 28 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dylan first appears in the records in 1953 and was given most often in 2001, to 16,696 babies. In 2025, 6,546 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1953 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dylan never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #19, in 2003 to 2004, and it was in the top 100 for 36 years, 1990 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #41.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #41 |
| Best rank | #19 (2003 to 2004) |
| Years in the top 100 | 36 (1990 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #23 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dylan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dylan were born in California than in any other state: about 53,312 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dylan was given 2 times as often in Vermont, 1.6 times in Maine and 1.5 times in New Hampshire.
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