Daylyn — #8594 US boys' name
263 babies named Daylyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Daylyn was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Daylyn in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daylyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 263 babies named Daylyn between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daylyn currently holds the #8594 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Daylyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 248 additional births since 1982.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daylyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Daylyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Daylyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daylyn 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 263 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.
Daylyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Daylyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2023)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #8594 among boys.
263 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 17 births in a single year.
Daylyn popularity over time — girls
248 total births recorded since 1982 (Daylyn as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Daylyn accounts for 49% of total recorded use across both genders.
Daylyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 100 births that decade — 38% of Daylyn's all-time total
Daylyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Daylyn's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Daylyn by state
Where Daylyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.3% |
6 of 263 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1995–2024 (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.