Unisex name · since 2004
Naylan
Naylan has 15 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,545 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,920 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Naylan currently ranks #12920 among unisex names in America, with 15 babies recorded since 2004.
Naylan has 15 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12920 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #31,545 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,920 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 15 born since 2004
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Naylan ranks #31,545 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,920 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 15 born since 2004, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,545 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,920 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Naylan's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Naylan compares
15 6th percentile among 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
Naylan's all-time total is 96% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Naylan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 34 | 22,252 |
Naylan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Naylan's full recorded timeline at 2018, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births.
Naylan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Naylan popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Naylan as girls' name)
Naylan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (5 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Naylan's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Naylan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 5 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Naylan's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Naylan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2004–2025 (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 Naylan 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.