Daylin
#2,261 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Daylin has been given to 3,824 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #2,261 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 140 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% girls, 48% boys all-time.
Babies named Daylin, 2025
1 in 40,900
Daylin over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Daylin over time
In 2025, Daylin went to 66% girls and 34% boys.
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.
How common is Daylin?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 40,900
- 81 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 19,800
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #2,261
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 28,370 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Daylin sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 28,370 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Daylin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Daylins were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Daylin was born before 2016 — so the typical Daylin is around 9 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 35.6% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 91.6%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,979
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 35.6% of all recorded uses (704).
Is Daylin 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
- −559
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −741
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +680
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 1.37×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 57.9%
- Peak was 2020 (140)
- Years since peak
- 5
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 18.1% average annual change
Spellings of Daylin
Daylin is not the most common spelling — Kaylie is, with 8.0% against Daylin's 0.71%.
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 Daylin is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Daylin was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 9,091 girls, against 1 in 14,953 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in 9,091
- 2Maryland1 in 10,000
- 3Arizona1 in 12,500
- 4California1 in 12,500
- 5Georgia1 in 12,500
- 6New Jersey1 in 12,500
- 7Florida1 in 16,667
- 8North Carolina1 in 16,667
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.
Where Daylin is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Daylin was most concentrated in Arkansas — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 76,082 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Arkansas1 in 25,000
- 2Louisiana1 in 25,000
- 3Maryland1 in 25,000
- 4Mississippi1 in 25,000
- 5Alabama1 in 33,333
- 6Tennessee1 in 33,333
- 7Florida1 in 50,000
- 8California1 in 100,000
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.
Daylin around the world
Where Daylin 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.
- Canada2008–2008#2,774in 2008
Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Daylin by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Daylin
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Daylin
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.