# Dilan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dilan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Welsh |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,138 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,034 / 104 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,223, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variation of Dylan, originally from Welsh.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 12,268 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,019 |
| 2003 | 14 | 7,701 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10,931 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,004 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15,944 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,746 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,537 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,263 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,087 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,104 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,273 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,804 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15,874 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 178 | 1,058 |
| 2012 | 186 | 1,039 |
| 2013 | 236 | 883 |
| 2014 | 270 | 837 |
| 2015 | 240 | 904 |
| 2016 | 200 | 1,014 |
| 2017 | 232 | 918 |
| 2018 | 168 | 1,144 |
| 2019 | 218 | 979 |
| 2020 | 272 | 839 |
| 2021 | 265 | 873 |
| 2022 | 303 | 818 |
| 2023 | 344 | 759 |
| 2024 | 414 | 662 |
| 2025 | 309 | 805 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 18 | 1,252 |
| 2005 | 14 | 1,589 |
| 2006 | 10 | 2,137 |
| 2007 | 17 | 1,502 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 718 |
| 2012 | 56 | 625 |
| 2013 | 48 | 684 |
| 2014 | 40 | 781 |
| 2015 | 39 | 807 |
| 2016 | 37 | 858 |
| 2017 | 35 | 888 |
| 2018 | 33 | 897 |
| 2019 | 49 | 686 |
| 2020 | 31 | 921 |
| 2021 | 33 | 907 |
| 2022 | 34 | 901 |
| 2023 | 21 | 1,272 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,076 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,226 |

## People named Dilan

- Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, Dutch politician (born 1977)
- Dilan Zúñiga, Chilean footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.