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Dylin vs Dyllon

American parents have registered 1,267 Dyllons since 1880, against 780 Dylins. But in 2025 it was Dylin that was commoner, 13 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Dylin against Dyllon, 1880 to 2025 0 25 50 75 100 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Dylin Dyllon

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 38 years in which either name was published, Dyllon for 28 years and Dylin for 10 years. The lead changed hands 9 times.

Side by side

  Dylin Dyllon
Total US births 7801,267
Most in one year 46100
Babies in 2025 13under 5
Estimated living today 7701,200
Median age today 2025
Peak year 20031992
Best rank 2,674th boys1,097th boys
Rank in 2025 8,910thunranked
First recorded 19901987
Girls / boys 139 / 6410 / 1,267

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Dyllons alive today are over 25; half the Dylins are over 20. That is 5 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Dylin and Dyllon.