Daylin — #1696 US unisex name
1,898 babies named Daylin in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Daylin was born in this single decade.
140 babies were named Daylin in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daylin
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,898 babies named Daylin between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daylin currently holds the #1696 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 140 babies received it in a single year. Daylin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,801 additional births since 1977.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daylin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 665 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Daylin shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 263 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Daylin in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daylin 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 1,898 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.
Daylin at a glance
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Current rank
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Daylin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (2020)
- 140
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #1696 among girls.
1,898 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 140 births in a single year.
Daylin popularity over time — boys
1,801 total births recorded since 1977 (Daylin as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Daylin accounts for 49% of total recorded use across both genders.
Daylin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 665 births that decade — 35% of Daylin's all-time total
Daylin decade highlights
- Peak decade 665 births
- Runner-up 623 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Daylin's strongest decade
665 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Daylin by state
Where Daylin concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 263 | 13.9% |
| #2 | California | | 222 | 11.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 104 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 47 | 2.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 29 | 1.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 29 | 1.5% |
| #7 | New York | | 29 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 22 | 1.2% |
263 of 1,898 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.9% of nationwide
- California 11.7% of nationwide
- Florida 5.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Daylin appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1985–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.