Boys' name · since 1953
Dylan
418,679 babies named Dylan in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #81 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #41 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 418,679
- born since 1953
- 2000s
- peak decade
418,679 babies have been named Dylan since 1953, making it today's #41 boys' name.
Dylan has 418,679 recorded births among boys since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #41 as of the latest data, more common than 99.7% of boys, 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 1953 to 2025.
- #81 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #41 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 418,679 born since 1953
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dylan ranks #81 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #41 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 418,679 born since 1953, peaking in the 2000s.
- #81 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #41 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 418,679
- born since 1953
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dylan's 418,679 recorded births place it above 99.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Dylan compares
418,679 Top 1% higher than 99% 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
Dylan's all-time total is 1,135x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dylan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 418,679 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16,497 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dylan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dylan's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 96% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 4%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1953, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 16,497, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dylan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 16,497
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Dylan popularity over time - girls
16,272 total births recorded since 1967 (Dylan as girls' name)
Dylan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (140,125 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Dylan's strongest decade.
140,125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Dylan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 97
1950s
97 births
- 1960s 684
1960s
684 births
- 1970s 4,036
1970s
4,036 births
- 1980s 14,171
1980s
14,171 births
- 1990s
1990s
122,074 births
- 2000s
2000s
140,125 births
- 2010s
2010s
96,354 births
- 2020s 41,138
2020s
41,138 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 140,125 births (33% of all-time use).
How Dylan 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 Dylan's total volume
Dylan by state
Where Dylan concentrates geographically, total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 51,954 | 12.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 35,547 | 8.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 29,421 | 7.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 25,906 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 17,380 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 15,647 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 15,434 | 3.7% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 13,378 | 3.2% |
51,954 of 418,679 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Dylan appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dylan's data
- Dylan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (140,125 total births); usage has since declined to 41,138 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dylans (51,954 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 Dylan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1953–2025 (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 Dylan 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.