Dilan
Pronounced D AH0 L AE1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 45 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Dilan?
Dilan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1980. It has been given to 6,237 children — the 1,370th most common boys' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 26% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 414 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Delan, Deelan and Dilann — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Dilan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Delan
- Deelan
- Dilann
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- D AH0 L AE1 N · D AY1 L AE1 N · D EY1 L AE1 N · D IY1 L AE1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 01 · 11 · 11 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Dilan
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Dilan
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Dilan?
- Dilan ranks 1,370th among boys' names in US records, with 6,237 births since 1980. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,726.
- Is Dilan a unisex name?
- No. Dilan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Dilan most popular?
- 2024, when 414 children were given the name. It has been in use for 45 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Dilan spelled?
- Delan, Deelan, Dilann. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.