Dylen comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Son of the sea.".
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How popular is Dylen?
2004peak year
Today, Dylen is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #6605), with only about 17 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2004, 58 babies were given the name (ranked #2059 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2000s. Dylen has been declining in recent years. In all, around 1,054 babies have been registered as Dylen since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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