Dailen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-len
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Dailen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
Where does Dailen come from?
Modern: variant of Dalen or Daylen
Is Dailen a girl's or a boy's name?
Dailen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dailen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Dailen, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had fewer boys named Dailen than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Dailen in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 405 boys in the US were given Dailen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #642, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Dailen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Dailen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Brayden, Declan, Aiden, Braylen, Rayden, Brecken, Deacon, Raiden, Finnegan, Finn, Ronan
Other spellings of Dailen
Daylen, Daylon, Daylan, Daelyn, Daylin, Deylan, Dailyn, Dalyn, Daelan, Daelin, Daylyn
Names related to Dailen
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dailen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dailen, updated 20 October 2026.