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Xylan

Boy · ZY-lan · Modern

Xylan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).

Where does Xylan come from?

Modern: blend of Xy- with Dylan; xylan is also a plant fibre

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ZY-lan

Is Xylan a girl's or a boy's name?

Xylan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Xylan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,248among boys
Babies in 2025
24about 1 in 71,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 91% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Xylan, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.

Half of all the boys named Xylan in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 154 boys in the US were given Xylan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,151, up from #4,248 for this spelling alone.

2006Busiest: 24 in 20222025
Xylan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202524#4,248
202416#5,655
202321#4,738
202224#4,299
202117#5,333
202012#6,616
201912#6,772
20188#8,813
20177#9,691
201611#7,152
20157#9,562
20147#9,636
20136#10,722
20128#8,858
20110–
20105#12,224
20090–
20087#9,864
20070–
20067#9,579

Names like Xylan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Xylan

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