Boys' name · since 1973
Dylon
4,517 babies named Dylon in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,906 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,317 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,517
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dylon currently ranks #7317 among boys' names in America, with 4,517 babies recorded since 1973.
Dylon has 4,517 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7317 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #1,906 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,317 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,517 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dylon ranks #1,906 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,317 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,517 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,906 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,317 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,517
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dylon's 4,517 recorded births place it above 95.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Dylon compares
4,517 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Dylon's all-time total is 12x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dylon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,517 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 258 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dylon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dylon's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 258, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dylon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 258
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Dylon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,985 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Dylon's strongest decade.
1,985 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Dylon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s 154
1980s
154 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,985 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,712 births
- 2010s 515
2010s
515 births
- 2020s 111
2020s
111 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,985 births (44% of all-time use).
How Dylon 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 Dylon's total volume
Dylon by state
Where Dylon concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 362 | 8.0% |
| #2 | California | | 258 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 201 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 197 | 4.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 159 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 125 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 118 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 96 | 2.1% |
362 of 4,517 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Dylon appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Dylon's data
- Dylon's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,985 total births); usage has since declined to 111 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dylons (362 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dylon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Dylon 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.