NameTides

Dylan

Dylan was the #41 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6,208 babies), and #72 in England & Wales and #118 in Canada.

Dylan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Dylan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
Dylan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#41 (6,208)#72 (717)#110 (46)#143 (16)#69 (84)#118 (259)——
2024#28 (7,487)#64 (788)#104 (49)#154 (14)#39 (141)#110 (283)——
2023#34 (7,074)#67 (840)#98 (54)#98 (25)#41 (132)#109 (284)——
2022#42 (6,745)#64 (889)#81 (67)#115 (22)#33 (163)#94 (335)#91 (98)—
2021#44 (6,767)#57 (1,099)#83 (71)#81 (37)#26 (205)#88 (373)——
2020#42 (6,857)#55 (1,168)#85 (67)#68 (43)#28 (182)#67 (446)#93 (100)#92 (79)
2019#39 (7,555)#54 (1,260)#66 (91)#51 (56)#26 (223)#64 (484)#80 (110)#74 (101)
2018#31 (8,610)#43 (1,465)#50 (113)#41 (66)#26 (247)#53 (593)#67 (136)#69 (90)
2017#29 (9,315)#40 (1,577)#52 (113)#53 (56)#29 (252)#55 (598)#67 (145)#79 (87)
2016#32 (9,720)#38 (1,784)#35 (158)#32 (76)#23 (286)#46 (671)#70 (152)#79 (83)
2015#27 (10,298)#38 (1,903)#38 (158)#32 (82)#17 (343)#44 (686)#66 (150)#56 (104)
2014#29 (10,416)#34 (2,188)#37 (176)#25 (97)#11 (384)#41 (758)#53 (187)#60 (100)
2013#29 (10,127)#31 (2,393)#32 (213)#27 (95)#20 (360)#34 (834)#65 (157)#58 (121)
2012#31 (10,001)#28 (2,800)#26 (252)#18 (135)#9 (471)#35 (810)#32 (257)#44 (146)
2011#33 (9,792)#21 (2,962)#21 (278)#19 (132)#10 (492)#30 (899)#39 (224)#52 (120)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2001 at #21.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.
  • In 2025, 5% of US babies named Dylan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 280 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 280common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 380common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 430common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 520common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 280common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 610common

Next year

On its recent trend, Dylan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 250 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 220 to 1 in 300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dylan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #151MEWisconsin: #75WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #84NHWashington: #62WAIdaho: #125IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: #136NDMinnesota: #98MNIllinois: #52ILMichigan: #97MINew York: #20NYMassachusetts: #40MAOregon: #113ORNevada: #35NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #71IAIndiana: #69INOhio: #97OHPennsylvania: #66PANew Jersey: #18NJConnecticut: #44CTRhode Island: #61RICalifornia: #28CAUtah: #125UTColorado: #56CONebraska: #36NEMissouri: #126MOKentucky: #49KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #43VAMaryland: #13MDDelaware: #29DEArizona: #52AZNew Mexico: #46NMKansas: #95KSArkansas: #97ARTennessee: #35TNNorth Carolina: #64NCSouth Carolina: #92SCDistrict of Columbia: #39DCOklahoma: #101OKLouisiana: #47LAMississippi: #49MSAlabama: #46ALGeorgia: #29GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #28TXFlorida: #11FL
Dylan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#9673
Ontario2024#125104

Dylan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DylanCanadaGirls#1,26520
DylanCanadaBoys#118259
DylanEngland & WalesGirls#2,00614
DylanEngland & WalesBoys#72717
DylanIrelandGirls—too few
DylanIrelandBoys#6984
DylanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DylanNorthern IrelandBoys#14316
DylanNSWBoys—too few
DylanScotlandGirls#6324
DylanScotlandBoys#11046
DylanUSGirls#807338
DylanUSBoys#416,208
DylanVICBoys—too few