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Dylan
Pronounced /ˈdɪlən/
Rank in 2024
#28
Born in 2024
7,464
Peak year
2001 · #21
Origin
Welsh
Also recorded for girls:404 in 2024 (#696)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 7,464 boys were named Dylan, about 1 in every 230.
- It peaked in 2001 with 16,497 babies, ranked #21.
- It first shows up in the records in 1953.
- 412,422 boys 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
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 3.0Millennials1981–96
- 6.8Gen Z1997–12
- 4.6Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 260 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,379 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Millennials: 91,934 babies, 3.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 213,918 babies, 6.81 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 100,931 babies, 4.65 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.