# Dillan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dillan/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,387 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,994 / 393 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 916, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Dylan.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 6,645 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,555 |
| 2013 | 11 | 9,774 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8,601 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,143 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,105 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,886 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,878 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,640 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,536 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,153 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,216 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,617 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,735 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,312 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 171 | 1,088 |
| 2012 | 148 | 1,208 |
| 2013 | 129 | 1,330 |
| 2014 | 142 | 1,258 |
| 2015 | 118 | 1,439 |
| 2016 | 103 | 1,590 |
| 2017 | 68 | 2,054 |
| 2018 | 76 | 1,943 |
| 2019 | 50 | 2,596 |
| 2020 | 53 | 2,442 |
| 2021 | 53 | 2,508 |
| 2022 | 60 | 2,358 |
| 2023 | 42 | 2,964 |
| 2024 | 44 | 2,884 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,871 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 631 |
| 2012 | 48 | 695 |
| 2013 | 47 | 692 |
| 2014 | 29 | 988 |
| 2015 | 24 | 1,121 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 12 | 1,869 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## 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.