Dyland
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DIL-und
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Dyland is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “great tide”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Dyland mean?
Welsh: variant of Dylan
“great tide”
Dylan ail Don is a figure linked with the sea in the Welsh Mabinogion.
Is Dyland a girl's or a boy's name?
Dyland is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dyland in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Dyland, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 122 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Dyland in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dyland in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 33 | #3,423 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 62 | #2,184 |
| 2015 | 90 | #1,717 |
| 2014 | 79 | #1,857 |
| 2013 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2012 | 85 | #1,755 |
| 2011 | 83 | #1,754 |
| 2010 | 67 | #2,036 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
Nicknames for Dyland
- Dyl
Names like Dyland
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Legend Bowen Shepherd Daxton Declan Kyrie Callan Deacon Beckett Atlas Wilder Baker
More Welsh names
Dylan Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese 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, “Dyland: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dyland, updated 20 October 2026.