Dylon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DIL-un
- Origin
- Welsh
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Dylon 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 Dylon mean?
Welsh: spelling of Dylan
“great tide”
Dylan is a Welsh name linked with the sea; its exact derivation is uncertain.
Is Dylon a girl's or a boy's name?
Dylon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dylon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dylon in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Dylon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,172 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 2001 | 26 | #748 |
| 2000 | 17 | #990 |
| 1999 | 19 | #900 |
| 1998 | 27 | #702 |
| 1997 | 22 | #785 |
| 1996 | 23 | #724 |
How popular is Dylon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Dylon, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 258 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Dylon than any year since 1984.
Half of all the boys named Dylon in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,862 boys in the US were given Dylon 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.
Dylon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 45 | #2,688 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 49 | #2,514 |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,460 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,154 |
| 2011 | 73 | #1,904 |
| 2010 | 100 | #1,574 |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,425 |
| 2008 | 111 | #1,478 |
| 2007 | 124 | #1,350 |
| 2006 | 171 | #1,049 |
| 2005 | 177 | #979 |
| 2004 | 214 | #831 |
| 2003 | 188 | #892 |
| 2002 | 177 | #909 |
| 2001 | 207 | #807 |
| 2000 | 225 | #749 |
| 1999 | 227 | #721 |
| 1998 | 234 | #710 |
| 1997 | 216 | #721 |
| 1996 | 177 | #809 |
| 1995 | 199 | #760 |
| 1994 | 217 | #707 |
| 1993 | 225 | #685 |
| 1992 | 258 | #639 |
| 1991 | 169 | #788 |
| 1990 | 63 | #1,404 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,988 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
Names like Dylon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dylan Declan Ryan Aiden Owen Logan Aaron Kian Connor Ethan Brody Cameron
Other spellings of Dylon
Dylan Dilan Dillon Dillan Dillion Dyllan Dylin Dylann Dylen Dhylan
Names related to Dylon
More Welsh names
Winnie Maddox Morgan Idris Reese Bowen Griffin Rhys Gavin Reece Nia Seren Gwendolyn Winifred Meredith Brynn
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, “Dylon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dylon, updated 20 October 2026.