Dylan

Meaning: Great tide, or son of the sea
Origin: Welsh — From Dylan, a figure of the sea in myth

Girl's name · #808 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

6% girls · 94% boys — About 94% of babies named Dylan in recent years have been boys. Dylan →

Popularity over time

Dylan's best rank, #354, came in 2017; it has settled back to #808 today. Roughly 16,000 girls have been named Dylan since 1967.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#632 in Scotland (2025) · #1,265 in Canada (2025) · #2,006 in England & Wales (2025) · #5,692 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,228 in Sweden (2024) · #4,505 in France (2020) · #415 in New Zealand (2019) · #655 in Ireland (2003).

Famous Dylans

Dylan Penn — American model and actress (born 1991)
Dylan Mulvaney — American social-media personality, actress, and singer (born 1996)
Dylan Meyer — American screenwriter (born 1987)
Dylan Dreyer — American meteorologist (born 1981)
Dylan Gelula — American actress (born 1994)

In stories & tradition

Dylan Sanders^da — Charlie's Angels (film)
Dylan Mayfair^nl — Desperate Housewives (TV series)

What Dylans become

Among 978 notable people named Dylan:

Sports figures appear 2.81× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dylan Holmes, Australian footballer (born 1997).

Similar names: Kenzie · Dior · Mckinley · Sloan · Teagan · Raegan

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