Dilan Boy
How popular is Dilan?
#805 boy name in 2025
309 baby boys were named Dilan in the US in 2025, making it the 805th most popular boy name.
Dilan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #805 for boys (▼ 143 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 309 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #904 in 2015, #839 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (414 boys) |
| Highest rank | #662 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1980 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dilan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dylan family of names ranked #40 for boys in 2025 (#25 the year before), with 6,834 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dylan | 6,208 | 91% |
| Dillon | 253 | 4% |
| Dilan | 309 | 5% |
| Dillan | 28 | 0% |
| Dyllan | 11 | 0% |
| Dylon | 11 | 0% |
| Dylen | 6 | 0% |
| Dylin | 8 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dilan is most popular
Babies named Dilan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.4 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.4 per 1,000 (73 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.4 per 1,000 (64 boys)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (243 boys)
Dilan by decade
Boy names about as popular as Dilan
Questions
- Is Dilan a boy or girl name?
- Dilan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Dilan were boys.
- How popular is the name Dilan?
- 309 baby boys were named Dilan in the US in 2025, making it the 805th most popular boy name.
- When was Dilan most popular?
- Dilan peaked in 2024, when 414 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #662 in 2024.
- How many people are named Dilan?
- 6,138 babies have been named Dilan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,079 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Dilan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dilan was most common in Louisiana, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.