Dilan

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

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

Dilan has appeared in US records since 1980 — best rank #662 (2024) · 6,034 babies named Dilan all-time · 1 in 5,600 boys born 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 43 notable people named Dilan:

Athletes appear 2.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Dilan Zúñiga, Chilean footballer.

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