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Dylan
Pronounced /ˈdɪlən/
Rank in 2024
#696
Born in 2024
404
Peak year
2017 · #354
Origin
Welsh
Also recorded for boys:7,464 in 2024 (#28)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 404 girls were named Dylan, about 1 in every 3,993.
- It peaked in 2017 with 894 babies, ranked #354.
- It first shows up in the records in 1967.
- 15,929 girls have been named Dylan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Dylan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 106 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,436 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 6,358 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 8,029 babies, 0.40 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Welsh mythology; possibly from Celtic for "son of the sea" or "born from the ocean." Unrelated to the name Dillon, although the homophony may result in the two being considered variant spellings of the same name.
- A male given name from Welsh.
- A female given name.
- Origin
- Welsh
- Say it
- /ˈdɪlən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Dylan, CC BY-SA 4.0.