Daylen
Pronounced D AH0 L IH1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2010
- 94 years in use
- 14 spellings
How popular is Daylen?
Daylen is a boys' name, and first appears in 1931. It has been given to 11,047 children — the 1,010th most common boys' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2010, when 535 children were given it.
14 other spellings are counted in that total — Daylan, Daylin, Daelyn and 11 more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Daylen and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Daylan
- Daylin
- Daelyn
- Daelin
- Daelan
- Daelen
- Daylyn
- Deylan
- Delynn
- Daelynn
- Deylin
- Daylynn
- Delyn
- Deylen
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D AH0 L IH1 N · D EY1 L AE1 N · D EY1 L EH1 N · D EY1 L IH1 N · D IY1 L IH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 01 · 11 · 11 · 11 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Daylen
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Daylen
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Daylen?
- Daylen ranks 1,010th among boys' names in US records, with 11,047 births since 1931. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,658.
- Is Daylen a unisex name?
- No. Daylen is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Daylen most popular?
- 2010, when 535 children were given the name. It has been in use for 94 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Daylen spelled?
- Daylan, Daylin, Daelyn, Daelin, Daelan, Daelen, Daylyn, Deylan, Delynn, Daelynn, Deylin, Daylynn, Delyn, Deylen. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.