Dilynn — #7106 US unisex name
498 babies named Dilynn in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to girls today.
59% of everyone ever named Dilynn was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Dilynn in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dilynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 498 babies named Dilynn between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dilynn currently holds the #7106 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 41 babies received it in a single year. Dilynn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 40 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dilynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 294 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dilynn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Dilynn in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dilynn 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 498 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.
Dilynn at a glance
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Current rank
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Dilynn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2011)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #7106 among girls.
498 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 41 births in a single year.
Dilynn popularity over time — boys
40 total births recorded since 1992 (Dilynn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Dilynn accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dilynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 294 births that decade — 59% of Dilynn's all-time total
Dilynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 294 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dilynn's strongest decade
294 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Dilynn by state
Where Dilynn concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 19 | 3.8% |
| #2 | Indiana | | 5 | 1.0% |
19 of 498 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 3.8% of nationwide
- Indiana 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.8% 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, 2001–2024 (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.