Dalyn
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Dalyn is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Dalyn come from?
Modern: variant of Dallin or Daylin
More on Wiktionary.
Is Dalyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Dalyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dalyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Dalyn, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Dalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 405 boys in the US were given Dalyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #642, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
In 2010, 21% of the babies named Dalyn in the US were girls.
Dalyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 45 | #2,448 |
| 2003 | 37 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 40 | #2,425 |
| 2000 | 41 | #2,326 |
| 1999 | 33 | #2,604 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
Names like Dalyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Declan Brayden Deacon Aiden Keegan Braylen Kylan Ronan Rayden Cannon Kian
Other spellings of Dalyn
Daylen Daylon Daylan Daelyn Daylin Deylan Dailyn Daelan Daelin Daylyn Dailen
Names related to Dalyn
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, “Dalyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dalyn, updated 20 October 2026.