Boys' name · since 2011
Dycen
25 babies named Dycen in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,194 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dycen is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 25 have been recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dycen has been recorded 25 times among boys since 2011, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2024.
- #27,194 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 25 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dycen ranks #27,194 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,194 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 25
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dycen's 25 recorded births place it above 39.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dycen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dycen splits its recorded history at 2019: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dycen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2024
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Dycen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (19 births, 76% of the file).
2010s was Dycen's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Dycen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 19 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Dycen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Dycen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~13 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, 2011–2024 (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 Dycen 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.