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How popular is the name Dylan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dylans are alive today.
Dylan (male) is currently the 64th most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 788 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2008, when 3,373 babies were given the name, the 17th most popular that year. It has declined since 2008; the 2024 figure is roughly 23% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 61,000 babies have been named Dylan in England and Wales since 1994. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Dylan is one spelling of a name also recorded as Dillon; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Dylan you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Dylans born in England and Wales are between 13 and 25, and there are at least 71,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 21% chance that at least one of them will be called Dylan.
How many babies are named Dylan each year?
Includes all spellings: Dylan, Dillon. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dylan spelling rank?
Where does the Dillon spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dylan most popular?
Dylan peaked in 2008, when 3,584 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Dylan?
At least 71,000 people named Dylan in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dylan?
Most living Dylans are between 13 and 25; the most common age is about 18.
Is Dylan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.