Daylan — #2318 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Daylan

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,777 babies named Daylan between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daylan currently holds the #2318 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 125 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daylan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,030 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Daylan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 332 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Daylan in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daylan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,777 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.