Given name

Tylan

Tylan is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Tylan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Tylan through the years

Babies since 1880
4,088
3,908 boys · 180 girls
Most popular year
2024
208 babies
2025
187
#1,137 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+43%
Rising
Boys Girls
050100150198020002025Highest share 2024Boys 109Girls 0.0
Tylan in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1962–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Boys, girls and both

The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 98% boys.

Boys Girls
0%50%100%198020002020
Five-year rolling share of U.S. births. Blank stretches had too few births to read.

Where it’s given

Most at home inMississippi, Louisiana, Alabama
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Mississippi (13), Louisiana (15), Alabama (16), South Carolina (15), Georgia (21).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 187 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,137 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 44.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Georgia had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,526 as a first name in 2020.

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

TylanTilanThylan

The ring: spellings.

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

Spellings & scripts 2

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

Similar names

If you love Tylan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Tyland

19Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Tyzir

22RareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Neithan

54UncommonRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Ilman

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kolson

50UncommonRising fast

>99% boys

Irish · Modern

Kian

“from an ancient family”

63FamiliarRising

>99% boys

Irish · Modern

Finnegan

“a fair-haired man”

59FamiliarEasing

99% boys · 1% girls

Hebrew · Modern

Tzvi

“resembling a deer”

47UncommonRising

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Tylan’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Tylan

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