Dylin — #10203 US boys' name
633 babies named Dylin in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Dylin was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Dylin in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dylin
The Social Security Administration has registered 633 babies named Dylin between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dylin currently holds the #10203 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 37 babies received it in a single year. Dylin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 134 additional births since 2001.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dylin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 290 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dylin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Dylin in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dylin 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 633 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.
Dylin at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dylin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2003)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #10203 among boys.
633 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 37 births in a single year.
Dylin popularity over time — girls
134 total births recorded since 2001 (Dylin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dylin accounts for 17% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dylin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 290 births that decade — 46% of Dylin's all-time total
Dylin decade highlights
- Peak decade 290 births
- Runner-up 200 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dylin's strongest decade
290 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Dylin by state
Where Dylin concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 1.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.8% |
10 of 633 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% 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, 1990–2024 (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.