Girls' name · since 1973
Dylana
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 241 babies named Dylana, peaking in 1999. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dylana is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 241 have been recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dylana has been recorded 241 times among girls since 1973, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2015.
- #17,931 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 241 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dylana ranks #17,931 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 241 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,931 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dylana's 241 recorded births place it above 75.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dylana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dylana's full recorded timeline at 1999, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dylana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2015
- Peak year (1999)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Dylana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (104 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Dylana's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Dylana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
104 births
- 2000s
2000s
98 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 104 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Dylana's decade-level peak was the 1990s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- 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 Dylana: 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 (~42 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, 1973–2015 (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 Dylana 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.