Dalyn
Feminine · “valley”
Dalyn is given to both — 389 girls and 917 boys since 1880. See Dalyn as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Dalyn entered the US charts in 1955, peaked at #5208 in 1955, is rarely given in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Dalyn?
Dalyn first appears in US birth records in 1955 — 70 years ago. The typical Dalyn alive today was born around 1996, making them about 29 years old. About 400 people named Dalyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dalyn most popular?
Dalyn peaked in 1955, reaching #5208 nationally. See the whole 1955 chart.
Where it comes from
From dalr to Dalyn
The story of Dalyn
Dale was a standard American man's name through the middle of the twentieth century, and the -lyn family of endings was simultaneously attaching itself to everything in reach. Names in the overlap arrived in the 1980s and 1990s, and Dalyn, Dallin, Dalen and Dallen all appear together. The Dallin spelling has a distinct life of its own in Utah and Idaho, where it honors a prominent leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and that regional concentration is visible in the data. Dalyn's own best year in United States records is 2002, and it is used for both sexes in small numbers.
Meaningscholars disagree
valley, with a modern suffix
Dale descends from Old Norse dalr and Old English dael, a valley, and gives the English surname and given name Dale directly. Whether this name is built on it or is simply an arrangement of the Da- prefix and the -lyn ending cannot be settled, and both accounts have support. The -lyn derives from Lynn, from a Welsh and English word for a pool, and carries no meaning in this position.
How the name formed
- dalr
- Dale
- Dalyn
Related forms: Dallin · Dalen · Dalr
Pronouncing Dalyn
DAY-lin
Two syllables with the stress at the front. Some families say DAL-in with a short first vowel, following Dallin rather than Dale, and both are current.
Nicknames for Dalyn
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1955
- Most girls named
- 200017 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #5208reached in 1955
- Change vs 2018
- +20.0%6 in 2020, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dalyn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Dallin in English — spelling variant
- Dalen in English — spelling variant
- Dalr in Old Norse — related form
Dalyns among us
people named Dalyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Dalyn sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
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Frequently asked
- How many Dalyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Dalyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dalyn in 2025?
- Dalyn is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Dalyn with classmates?
- Dalyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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