Dylyn — boys' name
90 babies named Dylyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Dylyn was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Dylyn in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dylyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 90 babies named Dylyn between 1993 and 2013, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dylyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Dylyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 36 additional births since 2002.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dylyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dylyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dylyn 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 90 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.
Dylyn at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dylyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1993
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
90 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 10 births in a single year.
Dylyn popularity over time — girls
36 total births recorded since 2002 (Dylyn as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Dylyn accounts for 29% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dylyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 56 births that decade — 62% of Dylyn's all-time total
Dylyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dylyn's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
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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, 1993–2013 (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.