Boys' name · since 1999
Dilen
40 babies named Dilen in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,675 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dilen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 40 recorded since 1999.
Dilen has 40 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2015.
- #23,675 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 40 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dilen ranks #23,675 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,675 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 40
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dilen's 40 recorded births place it above 47.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dilen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dilen's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dilen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2015
- Peak year (1999)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Dilen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Dilen's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Dilen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Dilen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 2010s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Dilen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1999–2015 (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 Dilen 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.