Dylan
Dylan holds the #41 spot in the 2025 national count, keeping its place without fuss. First recorded 1953, best year 2001, 418,679 bearers across the whole run.
Dylan’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Dylan, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Dylan since 1953
Dylan peaked in 2001 at #21; #41 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Dylan is most common
The state that gives Dylan most often, per boys born there, is Delaware (0.75% in 2025); District of Columbia and Florida are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Dylan
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Damian
#109 in 2025 · Greek
Dawson
#143 in 2025
Diego
#158 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jacob
#43 in 2025 · Hebrew
Mason
#39 in 2025
Grace
#38 in 2025 · Latin
Carter
#45 in 2025
Gabriel
#37 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Dylan
How popular is the name Dylan?
Dylan holds the #41 spot in the 2025 national count, keeping its place without fuss. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1953.
Does Dylan have a meaning on record?
No recorded meaning in the references we are allowed to cite, Dylan keeps its mystery, and we keep our sourcing rule.
Is there a sibling name for Dylan?
Nearest by the published recipe: Damian, Dawson and Diego. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Dylan’s free Name Kit
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