Daylin
Feminine
Daylin is given to both — 1,979 girls and 1,845 boys since 1880. See Daylin as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Daylin joins a Day- front to a -lin ending, and both are pieces American naming assembled rather than inherited.
How old is the name Daylin?
Daylin first appears in US birth records in 1985 — 40 years ago. The typical Daylin is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,000 people named Daylin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daylin most popular?
Daylin peaked in 2020, reaching #1518 nationally. Today it ranks #2256, 738 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Daylin
Our story of Daylin is a story of an ending doing the work. Lynn stood alone as a name through the twentieth century, from a Welsh word for a lake, and American naming then made it a suffix — Jaylin, Kaylin, Braylin, Daylin. The Day- front is the English word or simply a fashionable sound. Daylin appears in the registers from the 1990s, is used for both sexes, and has no ancestry older than that.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented etymology. It is a modern American coinage on the Day- front and -lin ending, alongside Jaylin, Kaylin and Braylin. Attributions to Irish or Old English sources are not supported. Honest sources record it as a coinage.
Pronouncing Daylin
DAY-lin
Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Daylin
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
- 1985
- Most girls named
- 2020140 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1518reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −32.5%81 in 2025, from 120
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.
Daylin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Daylyn in English — spelling variant
- Daelyn in English — spelling variant
- Jaylin in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Daylins among us
people named Daylin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 19,843 born in 2025 was named Daylin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Daylin
- #2256
- Daylin on the 2025 chart
- #790
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Daylin went to 81 girls in 2025, but Dailyn, Dailynn and Daylynn are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 170, which makes it the 790th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,466 places above the chart.
- Daylin81
- Dailyn64
- Dailynn20
- Daylynn5
About 1 girl in 9,455 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,843 for Daylin itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Sherley test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daylin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sherley climbed just as high around 1934, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sherley's path sketches the road Daylin is walking now.
Daylin 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 Daylin is headed
Daylin 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.
Daylin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daylin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Day and Lin 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.
- At least three spellings of the sound are in circulation.
- It is used for both sexes in America.
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Frequently asked
- How many Daylins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Daylin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Daylin?
- Daylin is the most-used spelling in US records — 81 of the 170 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Dailyn, Dailynn and Daylynn.
- How popular is the name Daylin in 2025?
- Daylin ranks #2256 among US girl names in 2025, with 81 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daylin?
- About 1 in every 19,843 US girls born in 2025 was named Daylin — 81 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daylin with classmates?
- Daylin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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