Nylen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NY-lan
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Nylen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
Where does Nylen come from?
Modern: spelling of Nylan; modern coinage in the style of Dylan and Nolan
Meaning borrowed from Nylan.
Is Nylen a girl's or a boy's name?
Nylen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nylen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Nylen, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Nylen in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were given Nylen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,987, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
- Nylan 40
- Nylen 8
- Nylin 6
- Nylon 5
Nylen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Nylen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Brecken, Rayden, Braylen, Raiden, Brayden, Finnegan, Aiden, Kyden, Declan, Cassian, Finn
Other spellings of Nylen
Names related to Nylen
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, “Nylen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nylen, updated 20 October 2026.