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Boy's name · #41 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave
94% boys · 6% girls — Dylan is also given to girls: 338 in 2025, about 1 in 16 in recent years. Dylan →
Dylan reached its best rank, #19, in 2003 and remains near the top at #41 today. About 419,000 boys have carried it since 1953.
Beverly Hills, 90210 introduced Luke Perry as Dylan McKay in 1990. US births of Dylan rose from 4,414 that year to 9,763 in 1991.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Dylan is especially popular in Puerto Rico and Ecuador.
#7 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #8 in Ecuador (2025) · #18 in Mexico (2024) · #39 in Spain (2024) · #69 in Ireland (2025) · #72 in England & Wales (2025) · #110 in Scotland (2025) · #146 in N. Ireland (2025) · #164 in Switzerland (2025) · #194 in New Zealand (2025) · #261 in Sweden (2025) · #266 in Netherlands (2025) and 4 more.
Among 978 notable people named Dylan:
Sports figures appear 2.81× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dylan Bronn, Tunisian and French association football player.
A popular twin pairing with Dylan is Logan for a boy.
Similar names: Cameron · Diego · Logan · Nolan · Ian · Evan
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