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Daylen

#1,530 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Daylen has been given to 4,330 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #1,530 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 201 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Daylen, 2025

1 in 29,300

Daylen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Daylen over time

In 2025, Daylen went to 9% girls and 91% boys.

19792025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Daylen: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Daylen means

Daylen is a given name.

The naming story behind Daylen

Wikidata records Daylen as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q114522264, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,986 boys were recorded with the name Daylen between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 201 in 2010; its best national rank was #981 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,297 in 2020 to #1,530 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,283 in 2015 to #1,530 in 2025.

In the United States, 344 girls were recorded with the name Daylen between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 27 in 2010; its best national rank was #5,140 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,730 in 2020 to #9,005 in 2025.

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.

How common is Daylen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 29,300
113 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 15,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,530
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
20,337 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Daylen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 20,337 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Daylen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Daylens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Daylen was born before 2012 — so the typical Daylen is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,986
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.0% of all recorded uses (1,555).

Is Daylen 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
−186
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−233
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−247
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.81×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
56.2%
Peak was 2010 (201)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#981
2010

Spellings of Daylen

Daylen is not the most common spelling — Dylan is, with 19.1% against Daylen's 0.18%.

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.

Where Daylen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Daylen was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 1,471 boys, against 1 in 11,211 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

168 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 1,471
  2. 2Maryland1 in 3,333
  3. 3Alabama1 in 4,348
  4. 4Georgia1 in 4,348
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 4,545
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 6,667
  7. 7Indiana1 in 7,143
  8. 8South Carolina1 in 9,091

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Daylen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Daylen was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Daylen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Daylen around the world

Where Daylen 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
    2019–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Daylen by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,530
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 233
Best rank ever
#981
2010
Peak year
2010
201 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,986
Count in 2025
113

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,005
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 725
Best rank ever
#5,140
2010
Peak year
2010
27 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
344
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Daylen

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

DaylonDaylanDaylinDayneDayvonDaymonDaytonHarlenDaysonDayronKallenZaylenWaylenTaylenCallenNolenKalenRaylenRylenKylenDaymondJaelenJailenBaylen

Names with a curve like Daylen

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Daylen, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

CianMikahDhruvAleksanderKellerArmaanEwanOskarDevPiersonCanonCarsen

Sibling names for Daylen

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

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