Dylon

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dylon: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dylon: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #188, and it was last ranked in 2018.

3registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#188highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2018

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#728
1997	#914
1998	#738
1999	#840
2000	#1002
2001	#728
2002	#993
2003	#1188
2004	#1280
2005	#1716
2006	#1469
2007	#1125
2008	#1953
2009	#1981
2010	#3865
2011	#2892
2012	#1962
2014	#3362
2015	#3373
2017	#3996
2018	#3412

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 of the 23 years from 1996 to 2018.

In 2002: #451 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #993 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #728 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2002
Highest recorded position: #188 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2002).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #3412 among boys in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Boys

Dylon appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 266 births with the name.

Dylon across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dylon's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#728 (1996)	#728 (1996)	#3412 (2018)	21 of 23	266 (1996–2018)	24 (2001)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#369 (1996)	#188 (1998)	#451 (2002)	6 of 7	30 (1996–2002)	12 (1998)

Dylon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dylon in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	78	4 of 10	20
2000sbusiest	148	10 of 10	15
2010s	40	7 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dylon appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #188 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Dylon's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1125	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#728	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#840	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#738	22	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#914	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#728	21	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#272	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2018, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #188, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Dympna · #109, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Se · #187, 23y
Deaglan · #186, 20y
Pearce · #190, 24y
Riain · #190, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Brogan · #188, 30y
Emilija · #188, 29y
Keenan · #188, 30y
Marlon · #188, 30y

Dylon was ranked #188 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1998. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dylon and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dylon without appearing here.

Dylon moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3373 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #4749.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1002 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #728 and #1595.
Courtney Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3362 and #2690 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #3959.

Moved ahead of Dylon

Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1981 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #1201.
Fredrik Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1962 and #2270 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #1421.
Lars Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1962 and #2117 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #1421.
Hans Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1962 and #3987 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #1819.

Moved the opposite way to Dylon

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Dylon went from #728 to #3412 while Albie went from #853 to #52.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Dylon went from #728 to #3412 while Alfie went from #119 to #15.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Dylon went from #728 to #3412 while Alfred went from #218 to #106.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Dylon went from #728 to #3412 while Archie went from #192 to #16.

Moved the same way as Dylon

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Dylon went from #728 to #3412 and Aaron from #33 to #113.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Dylon went from #728 to #3412 and Adam from #16 to #38.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Dylon went from #728 to #3412 and Alan from #163 to #255.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Boys, Dylon went from #728 to #3412 and Alex from #43 to #91.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #188 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Dylon

Dylon at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dylon across 2 official records

Dylon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Dylon at a glance

Dylon across 2 official records

Dylon by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Dylon appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Dylon

Dylon and the names beside it

Dylon moved ahead of

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