Dylana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- dih-LAN-uh
- Origin
- Welsh
Dylana is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “sea, tide”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dylana mean?
Welsh: feminine form of Dylan
“sea, tide”
A feminine form of Dylan, the sea figure Dylan ail Don in the Welsh Mabinogion.
Is Dylana a girl's or a boy's name?
Dylana is a girls' name.
How popular is Dylana in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Dylana in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dylana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Dylana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Kiara, Brianna, Daniela, Makayla, Kiana, Kianna, Briana, Sienna, Mikayla, Cassidy, Sierra
Names related to Dylana
More Welsh names
Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith
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, “Dylana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dylana, updated 20 October 2026.