Boys' name · since 2004
Dhylan
Dhylan has 50 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,152 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,917 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dhylan currently ranks #12917 among boys' names in America, with 50 babies recorded since 2004.
Dhylan has 50 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12917 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #22,152 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,917 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 50 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dhylan ranks #22,152 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,917 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 50 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,152 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,917 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dhylan's 50 recorded births place it above 51.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dhylan compares
50 17th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dhylan's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dhylan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 50 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dhylan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dhylan splits its recorded history at 2014: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dhylan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Dhylan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (35 births, 70% of the file).
2010s was Dhylan's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Dhylan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 35 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Dhylan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dhylan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2004–2025 (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 Dhylan 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.