Dyllan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DIL-un
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Dyllan is a boys' name of Welsh origin, meaning “great tide”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Dyllan mean?
Welsh: spelling of Dylan
“great tide”
In the Welsh Mabinogion, Dylan ail Don is a sea-being; the poet Dylan Thomas made the name famous.
Is Dyllan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dyllan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Dyllan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dyllan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Dyllan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,542 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,171 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Dyllan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Dyllan, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 181 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986. 7 girls were also named Dyllan in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Dyllan than any year since 1988.
Half of all the boys named Dyllan in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,862 boys in the US were given Dyllan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #40, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 7% of the babies named Dyllan in the US in 1991, and 20% in 2023.
Dyllan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,797 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,305 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,016 |
| 2013 | 72 | #1,930 |
| 2012 | 73 | #1,941 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,058 |
| 2010 | 113 | #1,456 |
| 2009 | 122 | #1,390 |
| 2008 | 129 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 135 | #1,287 |
| 2006 | 109 | #1,427 |
| 2005 | 147 | #1,115 |
| 2004 | 140 | #1,127 |
| 2003 | 146 | #1,059 |
| 2002 | 150 | #1,021 |
| 2001 | 156 | #980 |
| 2000 | 129 | #1,085 |
| 1999 | 181 | #832 |
| 1998 | 132 | #1,020 |
| 1997 | 126 | #1,011 |
| 1996 | 128 | #977 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,104 |
| 1994 | 113 | #1,044 |
| 1993 | 124 | #962 |
| 1992 | 168 | #806 |
| 1991 | 92 | #1,141 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
Names like Dyllan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dylan Declan Aiden Ronan Kayden Keegan Finn Caelan Kian Brody Conan Logan
Other spellings of Dyllan
Dylan Dilan Dillon Dillan Dillion Dylon Dylin Dylann Dylen Dhylan
Names related to Dyllan
More Welsh names
Owen Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith
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, “Dyllan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dyllan, updated 20 October 2026.