Nylan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NY-lan
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,035 for boys
Nylan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
Where does Nylan come from?
Modern: modern coinage in the style of Dylan and Nolan
Is Nylan a girl's or a boy's name?
Nylan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nylan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Nylan, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Nylan in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were given Nylan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,987, up from #3,035 for this spelling alone.
- Nylan 40
- Nylen 8
- Nylin 6
- Nylon 5
Girls were 35% of the babies named Nylan in the US in 2005, and 21% in 2023.
Nylan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 54 | #2,502 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Nylan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Declan Finnegan Ronan Callan Kylan Braylen Rayden Brecken Raiden Aiden Brayden
Other spellings of Nylan
Names related to Nylan
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Nylan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nylan, updated 20 October 2026.