Daylen Boy
How popular is Daylen?
#1,529 boy name in 2025
113 baby boys were named Daylen in the US in 2025, making it the 1529th most popular boy name. Another 11 girls got the name (#8,858 for girls).
Daylen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,529 for boys (▼ 185 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 113 boys, 11 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,283 in 2015, #1,297 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (201 boys) |
| Highest rank | #980 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1979 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 93% boys, 7% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Daylen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Daylen family of names ranked #729 for boys in 2025 (#622 the year before), with 331 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Daylen | 113 | 34% |
| Daylan | 51 | 15% |
| Daylon | 58 | 18% |
| Dallin | 35 | 11% |
| Dalen | 15 | 5% |
| Dallen | 17 | 5% |
| Dalyn | 13 | 4% |
| Dailen | 8 | 2% |
| Dallan | 5 | 2% |
| Dallon | 7 | 2% |
| Daylyn | 9 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Daylen is most popular
Babies named Daylen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.6 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (67 boys)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 boys)
Daylen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1980s | 49 | #3,910 |
| 1990s | 317 | #1,601 |
| 2000s | 1,218 | #1,055 |
| 2010s | 1,555 | #980 |
| 2020s | 841 | #1,156 |
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Questions
- Is Daylen a boy or girl name?
- Daylen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Daylen were boys.
- How popular is the name Daylen?
- 113 baby boys were named Daylen in the US in 2025, making it the 1529th most popular boy name. Another 11 girls got the name (#8,858 for girls).
- When was Daylen most popular?
- Daylen peaked in 2010, when 201 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #980 in 2010.
- How many people are named Daylen?
- 4,330 babies have been named Daylen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,284 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Daylen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Daylen was most common in Mississippi, at 0.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.