NameTides

Dilan

Dilan was the #805 boys' name in the US in 2025 (309 babies), and #1,226 in England & Wales and #2,527 in Canada.

Dilan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dilan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Dilan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#805 (309)#1,226 (23)——#2,527 (7)
2024#662 (414)#1,076 (27)——#2,710 (6)
2023#757 (344)#1,272 (21)——#2,123 (8)
2022#817 (303)#901 (34)——#1,557 (12)
2021#871 (265)#907 (33)——#2,812 (5)
2020#839 (272)#921 (31)——#2,197 (7)
2019#978 (218)#686 (49)#701 (3)—#1,634 (11)
2018#1,141 (168)#897 (33)—#749 (3)#2,740 (5)
2017#917 (232)#888 (35)—#610 (4)#1,422 (13)
2016#1,013 (200)#858 (37)——#1,578 (11)
2015#904 (240)#807 (39)——#1,458 (12)
2014#835 (270)#781 (40)——#1,778 (9)
2013#882 (236)#684 (48)——#1,380 (13)
2012#1,037 (186)#625 (56)——#2,158 (7)
2011#1,056 (178)#718 (44)——#1,467 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #662.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1980.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Dilan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 5,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dilan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #607NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #658CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #638TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #622ALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #555TXFlorida: #649FL
Dilan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DilanCanadaGirls—too few
DilanCanadaBoys#2,5277
DilanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DilanEngland & WalesBoys#1,22623
DilanIrelandBoys—too few
DilanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DilanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DilanScotlandBoys—too few
DilanUSGirls—too few
DilanUSBoys#805309