Naylan — boys' name
10 babies named Naylan in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Naylan was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Naylan in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Naylan
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Naylan between 2004 and 2018, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Naylan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Naylan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2023.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Naylan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Naylan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Naylan 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 10 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.
Naylan at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Naylan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2004
- Peak year (2004)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
10 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 5 births in a single year.
Naylan popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Naylan as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Naylan accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Naylan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Naylan's all-time total
Naylan decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Naylan's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 2004–2018 (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.