Ceylan

Girls' name

Antelope, gazelle

Ceylan has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1999. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1999, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Ceylan, 1999

1 in 738,000

Ceylan over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ceylan: meaning, origin, and history

Antelope, gazelle

Old Turkic

What Ceylan means

Ceylan means “antelope, gazelle”, associated with ceylan.

Origin, language, and formation

Ceylan is used in Turkish. Its origins include Old Turkic.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Ceylan between 1999 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1999; its best national rank was #14,834 in 1999.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ceylan?

Ceylan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1999, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1999: 1 in 738,000; 5 of 3,692,373 births
Among girls only: 1 in 355,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1999: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 511,873 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ceylan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1999 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 511,873 children born in 1999 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ceylan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ceylans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ceylan was born before 1999 — so the typical Ceylan is around 26 today.

Median birth year: 1999; About 26 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Ceylan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1999 (5)
Years since peak: 26; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #14,834; 1999

Spellings of Ceylan

Ceylan is not the most common spelling — Dylan is, with 21.0% against Ceylan's <0.01%.

Dylan21.0%16,272
Cayla14.0%10,853
Leyla13.6%10,564
Keyla12.7%9,881
Rylan8.5%6,628
Kaylan5.7%4,402
Leylani3.4%2,615
Caylin3.2%2,471

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ceylan around the world

Where Ceylan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2023
#5,688
in 2023
France
1986–2024
#6,032
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Ceylan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #14,834; 1999
Peak year: 1999; 5 that year
First recorded: 1999
Last recorded: 1999
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ceylan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ceyara Ceyana Ceyonce Nilan Anlan Verlan Chalan Shelan Gillan Ryelan Naylan Faelan Hellan Jeylan Paylan Ceylin Jillan Haylan Sharlan Shealan Ceyonna Khylan Millan Waylan

Sibling names for Ceylan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Tatianna Kaylah Destini Kayley Madisen Nada Marcela Sydnie

For a brother

Jaren Marshal Maximillian Reyes Stone Devyn Garrison Tyrese

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