Dalyn
Dalyn was the 6538th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked 2305th with 45 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,958 places. More babies were named Dalyn in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,538 boys, down 2,086 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 13boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200245 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,306babies recorded
Dalyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #6,538 | — | 13 |
| 2020 | #13,842 | #4,452 | 6 | 22 |
| 2010 | #13,809 | #3,915 | 7 | 26 |
| 2000 | #6,273 | #2,343 | 17 | 41 |
| 1990 | #8,646 | #6,552 | 9 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
| 1970 | #5,926 | — | 8 | — |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Dalyn, counting every spelling?
Dalyn is a spelling of Dallin, a name family that had 92 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 92 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallin | 35 | #3,330 | 185 |
| Dalen | 15 | #5,910 | 117 |
| Dallen | 17 | #5,434 | 106 |
| Dalyn | 13 | #6,538 | 62 |
| Dallan | 5 | #12,452 | 49 |
| Dallon | 7 | #9,922 | 41 |
| Dalon | — | — | 31 |
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 Dalyn?
13 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Dalyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Dalyn 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 646 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Dalyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Dalyn?
About 900 people born in the US named Dalyn are alive today, with a median age of 21; half are between 14 and 27. That makes Dalyn mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Dalyn: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Dalyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Dalyn
How popular is the name Dalyn?
Dalyn was the 6538th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 13 babies. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked 2305th with 45 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,958 places. More babies were named Dalyn in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Dalyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Dalyn in the US.