Nylan
Nylan was the 3071st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2517th with 54 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,184 places. More babies were named Nylan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,071 boys, up 924 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 40boys
- Girls and boys
- 7% girls, 93% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202454 babies
- Total since 1880
- 684babies recorded
Nylan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #3,071 | — | 40 |
| 2020 | — | #3,995 | — | 26 |
| 2010 | — | #5,956 | — | 15 |
| 2000 | — | #11,660 | — | 5 |
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How popular is Nylan, counting every spelling?
Nylan is a spelling of Nilan, a name family that had 96 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 96 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nilan | 43 | #2,916 | 247 |
| Nylan | 40 | #3,071 | 189 |
| Neilan | 7 | #10,369 | 35 |
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 Nylan?
40 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nylan (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Nylan 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 210 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nylan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nylan?
About 600 people born in the US named Nylan are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 16. That makes Nylan a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Nylan by state
How common Nylan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Nylan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nylan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Nylan
How popular is the name Nylan?
Nylan was the 3071st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 2517th with 54 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,184 places. More babies were named Nylan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Nylan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 7% girls, 93% boys given the name Nylan in the US.
Where is Nylan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nylan was most common in Louisiana (0.13 per 1,000 boys), followed by North Carolina and Ohio.