How common is the name Dylan?

343,919 people in the United States have the first name Dylan, about 1 in 878. It ranks #145 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DYLAN

#145

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
343,919
About
1 in 878
This common or more
36.1%
Who bears it

Of the 343,919 people named Dylan, 71.6% reported their origin as White, 15.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 5% as two or more races. 96.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dylan peaked in 2001, when 16,696 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
16,696
In 2025*
6,546 ▼61%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 434,951 babies have been given the name since 1953. 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.

Dylan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #30. The largest share of babies named Dylan, 50.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#5,91797
1960s#2,164698
1970s#8594,112
1980s#37714,471
1990s#52123,713
2000s#30144,295
2010s#34103,552
2020s#5044,013
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–801.3%
Millennials 1981–9621.5%
Generation Z 1997–1250.6%
2013 and later26.6%

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 Dylan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dylan has been most common in Nevada (2.4×), Florida (1.8×), and Alaska (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.52×).

431,769 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.

Either side of Dylan

#143 Angel · 348,575#144 Gabriel · 347,542#146 Abigail · 342,490#147 Logan · 341,575

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,699 Dylon · 3,874#5,500 Dyllan · 3,110#11,297 Dylen · 1,144#12,661 Dylann · 977#15,926 Dylin · 715#31,173 Dylana · 276#35,884 Dylyn · 223

Also a last name

As a last name, Dylan ranks #52,071 of 156,621, with 431 people. See Dylan as a last name

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