Dylan is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “son of the sea.” In 2024 it was given to 7,464 boys in the United States.
Dylan belongs to the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “son of the sea” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Dylan first appears in Social Security records in 1953. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #19 in 2003, and in 2024 7,464 babies received the name — 412,422 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Dylan means “son of the sea” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Dylan is a boy name. In 2024, 7,464 babies received the name in the US.
Dylan comes from the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition.
Dylan first appears in US records in 1953. Its best-ever ranking was #19 in 2003, and 7,464 babies were given the name in 2024.
Dylan is pronounced /ˈdɪlən/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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