Dailyn
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- DAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,691 for girls
Dailyn is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,691st for girls in the US (64 babies).
What does Dailyn mean?
Modern: blend of Day and -lyn
A modern name in the style of Kaylin and Jaelyn.
Is Dailyn a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Dailyn has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls and 17 boys in the US.
How popular is Dailyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,691st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 64 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 64 girls in the US were named Dailyn, making it the 2,691st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,140th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 208 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975. 17 boys were also named Dailyn in 2025 (5,397th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Dailyn than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Dailyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 266 girls in the US were given Dailyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #895, up from #2,691 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 79% of the babies named Dailyn in the US were girls.
Dailyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,691 |
| 2024 | 73 | #2,462 |
| 2023 | 84 | #2,229 |
| 2022 | 107 | #1,885 |
| 2021 | 141 | #1,498 |
| 2020 | 208 | #1,140 |
| 2019 | 168 | #1,349 |
| 2018 | 97 | #2,014 |
| 2017 | 74 | #2,432 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 50 | #3,224 |
| 2013 | 54 | #3,041 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,822 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Dailyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brynlee, Braelynn, Devyn, Brooklyn, Raelynn, Brynn, Brylee, Rylynn, Kayden, Londyn, Eowyn
Other spellings of Dailyn
Daylin, Daelyn, Dailynn, Daelynn, Daylen, Dayleen, Daylynn, Dallyn, Deylin
Names related to Dailyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Dailyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dailyn, updated 20 October 2026.