Given name & surname

Dilen

“resembling a lion; a faithful man”

Dilen is a variant of Dillon. One interpretation is “resembling a lion; a faithful man.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Dilen is a variant of Dillon. One interpretation is “resembling a lion; a faithful man.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Dilen is a variant of Dillon. An origin associated with Dillon is Germanic.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Dilen through the years

Babies since 1880
40
40 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1999
7 babies
2025
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Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Dilen in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Dilen’s family of names

Dilen has a related form in Dillon.

Walk Dilen’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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Sibling ideas

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