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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Daelyn

Daelyn was the 3112th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2073rd with 93 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 392 places. More babies were named Daelyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,112 girls, down 715 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
52girls
Girls and boys
62% girls, 38% boys2021–2025
Peak year
201193 babies
Total since 1880
2,499babies recorded

Daelyn popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#3,112#2,6515249
2020#2,397#3,1487336
2010#2,946#2,9705839
2000#3,224#4,6234216
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How popular is Daelyn, counting every spelling?

Daelyn is a spelling of Daylin, a name family that ranked #952 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,112 for Daelyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 254 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Daylin81#2,261564
Dailyn64#2,700469
Daelyn52#3,112330
Daelynn16#6,904127
Dayleen7#12,215103
Dailynn20#5,963100
Daylynn5#15,48547
Deilyn9#10,29427

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Daelyn?

52 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Daelyn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Daelyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 161 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Daelyn.

Chance of another Daelyn in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inArizonaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Daelyn?

About 1,600 people born in the US named Daelyn are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 7 and 20. That makes Daelyn mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Daelyn by state

How common Daelyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.2×), California (1.6×). In 47 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesCA0.06Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.11New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesTX0.09Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Daelyn, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Daelyn

How popular is the name Daelyn?

Daelyn was the 3112th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2073rd with 93 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 392 places. More babies were named Daelyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Daelyn a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 62% girls, 38% boys given the name Daelyn in the US.

Where is Daelyn most popular?

In 2021–2025, Daelyn was most common in Arizona (0.11 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.