How rare is the name Dilan?

5,567 people in the United States have the first name Dilan, about 1 in 54,254. It ranks #3,661 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DILAN

#3,661

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,567
About
1 in 54,254
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,567 people named Dilan, 65.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 19.7% as White and 8.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 95.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dilan peaked in 2024, when 414 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19802025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
414
In 2025*
309 ▼25%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,138 babies have been given the name since 1980. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Dilan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,619. The largest share of babies named Dilan, 57.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#19,21625
1990s#3,918568
2000s#2,6271,396
2010s#2,0342,237
2020s#1,6191,912
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–965.8%
Generation Z 1997–1236.9%
2013 and later57.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Dilan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dilan has been most common in Texas (2.6×), Florida (2.3×), and Arizona (2.3×), and least common in Ohio (0.15×).

4,369 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Dilan

1 other first name also has 5,567 people.

#3,661 Neveah · 5,567

Either side of Dilan

#3,659 Artur · 5,571#3,660 Delmar · 5,569#3,661 Neveah · 5,567#3,663 Lorelai · 5,565

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dilan, most common first.

#3,228 Dillan · 6,657#19,341 Dilon · 548#21,023 Dilyn · 487#35,789 Dilian · 224#50,640 Dilana · 118

Also a last name

As a last name, Dilan ranks #66,015 of 156,621, with 324 people. See Dilan as a last name

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