Daylan
Masculine
Daylan is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 2,829 boys against 84 girls since 1880.
Daylan joins a Day- front to the -lan ending, and it belongs to the American naming workshop of recent decades.
How old is the name Daylan?
Daylan first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Daylan alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 2,800 people named Daylan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daylan most popular?
Daylan peaked in 2003, reaching #1224 nationally. Today it ranks #2572, 1,348 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Daylan
Our story of Daylan is a story of an ending borrowed from a real name. Dylan is Welsh — a figure in the Mabinogi who takes to the sea the moment he is born — and Dylan Thomas made it famous. American naming took the -lan sound as free material and produced Daylan, Kaylan, Braylan and Jaylan. Only Dylan has a documented past. Daylan appears in the registers from the 1990s.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented etymology. It is a modern American coinage on the Day- front and -lan ending, alongside Dylan, Waylan and Kaylan. Dylan has a genuine Welsh ancestry; Daylan is not documented from it. Honest sources record it as a coinage.
Pronouncing Daylan
DAY-lun
Two syllables, stress on the first. Daylan and Daylen are said identically.
Nicknames for Daylan
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
- 1971
- Most boys named
- 2008125 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1224reached in 2003
- Change vs 2024
- −16.4%51 in 2025, from 61
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.
Daylan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Daylen in English — spelling variant
- Dylan in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Georgia.
Daylans among us
people named Daylan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 33,492 born in 2025 was named Daylan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Cavin test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daylan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Cavin climbed just as high around 1981, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Cavin's path sketches the road Daylan is walking now.
Daylan sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Daylan is headed
Daylan should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Daylan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daylan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Day and Lan are two short forms, both usable.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It belongs to a documented American naming family.
- There is no documented meaning.
- Dylan and Daylan are close enough to confuse.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Daylans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,800 people named Daylan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Daylan in 2025?
- Daylan ranks #2572 among US boy names in 2025, with 51 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daylan?
- About 1 in every 33,492 US boys born in 2025 was named Daylan — 51 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daylan with classmates?
- Daylan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Daylan
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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