Tylan
Tylan was the 1137th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 187 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1094th with 198 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 258 places. More babies were named Tylan in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,137 boys, up 223 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 187boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024198 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,088babies recorded
Tylan popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 180 since 1992.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,137 | 187 |
| 2020 | #1,360 | 131 |
| 2010 | #1,366 | 125 |
| 2000 | #1,584 | 75 |
| 1990 | #3,764 | 16 |
| 1980 | #3,598 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,699 | 6 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tylan, counting every spelling?
Tylan is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #676 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,137 for Tylan on its own. Together these spellings went to 397 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tylan | 187 | #1,137 | 891 |
| Tylen | 104 | #1,633 | 432 |
| Tylin | 73 | #2,055 | 261 |
| Tylon | 18 | #5,371 | 94 |
| Tylann | 6 | #11,876 | 45 |
| Tylyn | 9 | #8,853 | 29 |
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 Tylan?
187 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tylan (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Tylan 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 45 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tylan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tylan?
About 3,800 people born in the US named Tylan are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 6 and 22. That makes Tylan 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.
Tylan by state
How common Tylan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (10.8×), Louisiana (6.1×), Alabama (5.8×), South Carolina (5.3×), Georgia (3.4×). In 29 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 Tylan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tylan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tylan
How popular is the name Tylan?
Tylan was the 1137th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 187 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1094th with 198 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 258 places. More babies were named Tylan in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Tylan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Tylan in the US.
Where is Tylan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tylan was most common in Mississippi (1.11 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and Alabama.