Dhilan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DIL-un
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Dhilan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
Where does Dhilan come from?
Perhaps an Indian spelling of Dylan or from the Punjabi clan name Dhillon
Is Dhilan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dhilan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dhilan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Dhilan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 28 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Dhilan than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Dhilan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 852 boys in the UK were given Dhilan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #73, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Dhilan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 28 | #1,109 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,241 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,342 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Dhilan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Dhilan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dhilan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Dhilan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Arjan, Vihaan, Yuvraj, Avyaan, Krishiv, Shivansh, Dhruv, Gurman, Devansh, Ivaan, Vivaan
Other spellings of Dhilan
Names related to Dhilan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Dhilan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dhilan, updated 20 October 2026.