Boys' name · since 1980
Dilan
6,034 babies named Dilan in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,582 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #806 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,034
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dilan currently ranks #806 among boys' names in America, with 6,034 babies recorded since 1980.
Dilan has 6,034 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #806 as of the latest data, more common than 94% 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 1980 to 2025.
- #1,582 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #806 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6,034 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dilan ranks #1,582 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #806 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6,034 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,582 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #806 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,034
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dilan's 6,034 recorded births place it above 96.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Dilan compares
6,034 Top 12% higher than 88% of 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
Dilan's all-time total is 16x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dilan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,034 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 414 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dilan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dilan splits its recorded history at 2006: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 414 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dilan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 414
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Dilan popularity over time - girls
104 total births recorded since 1996 (Dilan as girls' name)
Dilan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,185 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Dilan's strongest decade.
2,185 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Dilan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s 562
1990s
562 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,355 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,185 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,907 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,185 births (36% of all-time use).
How Dilan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Dilan's total volume
Dilan by state
Where Dilan concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 909 | 15.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 866 | 14.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 433 | 7.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 352 | 5.8% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 249 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 208 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 191 | 3.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 159 | 2.6% |
909 of 6,034 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Dilan appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dilan's data
- Dilan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,185 total births) through the 2020s (1,907) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Dilans (909 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dilan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Dilan 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.