Dayln — boys' name
89 babies named Dayln in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
89 boys have been named Dayln since 1988, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2017.
- 89
- total births
- 1988–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Dayln was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Dayln in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dayln
The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Dayln between 1988 and 2017, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dayln currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Dayln is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dayln performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dayln shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dayln 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 89 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.
Dayln at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dayln popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1988
- Peak year (2000)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
89 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 9 births in a single year.
Dayln popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1998 (Dayln as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dayln accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dayln by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 43 births that decade — 48% of Dayln's all-time total
Dayln decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dayln's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1988–2017 (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.