Boys' name · since 1997
Dailan
Dailan has 150 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,735 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 150
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dailan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 150 recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dailan has been recorded 150 times among boys since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2024.
- #14,735 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 150 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dailan ranks #14,735 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 150 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,735 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 150
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dailan's 150 recorded births place it above 67.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dailan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dailan's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dailan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2024
- Peak year (2001)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Dailan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (80 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Dailan's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Dailan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 80 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Dailan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (80 total births) through the 2020s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dailan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dailan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.