Recorded 1953–2025 · United States
Dylan was most popular in 2001, when 16,696 American babies were given the name — ranking #25 that year. In 2025 it ranked #60, with 6,546 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 434,951 people named Dylan.
Dylan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1953, which makes it about 72 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 73 of the 73 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 434,951 American births named Dylan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 426,537 are estimated to be alive today.
6,546 American babies were named Dylan in 2025, ranking #60 that year.
Dylan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 7,308 births a year, against 10,817 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -32% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Dylan is a boy’s name — 3.7% of the 434,951 Americans given it were girls and 96.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 7% girls and 93% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 426,537 Americans named Dylan are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 13 and 29.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org