Dillan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Dillan: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #242, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
41times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#242highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2007

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#5201

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2015: #699 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1121 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #573 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 recorded1997–2015
Highest recorded position: #242 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1997–2015).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Dillan appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 906 births with the name.

Dillan across 3 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.

Dillan'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	#573 (1996)	#473 (2001)	#2443 (2024)	29 of 29	906 (1996–2024)	53 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#382 (1997)	#242 (1998)	#699 (2015)	7 of 19	25 (1997–2015)	6 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#243 (2002)	#243 (2002)	#398 (2014)	4 of 13	13 (2002–2014)	4 (2002)

Dillan 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 Dillan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	116	4 of 10	29
2000sbusiest	430	10 of 10	43
2010s	309	10 of 10	31
2020s	51	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 43 births a year.

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

Dillan 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #242 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Dillan'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#988	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#692	47	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#695	48	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#631	53	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#678	46	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#627	51	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#604	52	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#782	34	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#617	46	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#653	40	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#500	52	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#546	42	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#577	35	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#473	44	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#554	34	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#538	36	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#629	28	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#694	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#573	29	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	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 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #242, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 6 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.

Dilanas · #414, 14y
Dilara · #853, 29y
Dillion · #241, 10y
Dillon · #86, 42y

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.

Arham · #241, 27y
Denver · #243, 31y
Deon · #243, 29y
Inayah · #243, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Junaid · #242, 29y
Kaylem · #242, 28y
Kenan · #242, 30y
Arham · #241, 27y

Dillan was ranked #242 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.

Dillan 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 Dillan without appearing here.

Dillan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #4270.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #3688.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #3254.

Moved ahead of Dillan

Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1207.
Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1363.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Rune Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1534 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1799.

Moved the opposite way to Dillan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dillan went from #573 to #2443 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dillan went from #573 to #2443 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dillan went from #573 to #2443 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dillan went from #573 to #2443 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Dillan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dillan went from #573 to #2443 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dillan went from #573 to #2443 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dillan went from #573 to #2443 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Dillan went from #573 to #2443 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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 2024. Highest recorded position: #242 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dillan

Dillan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dillan across 3 official records

Dillan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Dillan at a glance

Dillan across 3 official records

Dillan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Dillan

Dillan and the names beside it

Dillan moved ahead of

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