Names like Dylan
In 2025, 6,208 boys born in the US were named Dylan, #41 among boys' names.
It first entered the top 1,000 in 1966 and reached the top 100 in 1990.
Its best rank was #19, every year from 2003 to 2004.
The most births in one year were 16,497, in 2001.
Births fell 40% from 10,298 in 2015.
For 3 of the 12 names below, the current unbroken run in the top 1,000 began in 1961 or later (Dylan's began in 1966).
Dylan's rank every ten years
- 1880—
- 1890—
- 1900—
- 1910—
- 1920—
- 1930—
- 1940—
- 1950—
- 1960—
- 1970#452
- 1980#263
- 1990#83
- 2000#24
- 2010#31
- 2020#42
- 2025#41
— outside the top 1,000
12 boy names with a similar curve
How this list was made
We compared Dylan's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other boy's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.