Dilan

“Variant of Dylan — Great tide, or son of the sea” — Welsh origin

Boy's name · #805 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Dilan reached its best rank, #662, in 2024 and ranked #805 in 2025. About 6,000 boys have carried it since 1980. Dilan is the less common spelling of Dylan — about 5% of babies given the name are written this way; Dylan itself ranked #41 in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 9,100 boys in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 10,000 boys in Sweden (2025) · about 1 in 12,000 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Dilans

Dilan Zúñiga — Chilean footballer
Dilan Ortíz — Colombian footballer
Dilan Markanday — Turkish-English association football player (born 2001)
Dilan Perera — Sri Lankan politician
Dilan Rojas — Chilean footballer

What Dilans become

Among 59 notable people named Dilan:

Sports figures appear 2.35× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dilan Zúñiga, Chilean footballer.

Similar names: Finnley · Deacon · Callen · Kellan · Keelan · Deegan

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