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Neylan

NEY-lahn /nejˈlan/ Turkish

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025 (girls)
#3,712 (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025 (girls)
40 (<0.01% of girls)
As a boy name
#4,857 in 2025 (20 babies)Peak #4,456 in 2023
Trend (girls)
Rising #11,090 in 2020 to #3,712 in 2025
Peak (girls)
#1,681 in 2023
First recorded
2000 (as a girl name; 2010 as a boy name)

Meaning of Neylan

Neylan, an increasingly embraced unisex name of Turkish provenance, derives from the poetic root ney (the traditional reed flute) and bears the phonetic signature NEY-lahn (/nejˈlan/), conjuring an aural tapestry reminiscent of dawn’s first echo over Anatolia’s rolling hills. In its cadenced rhythm, the appellation evokes a liminal bridge between East and West—where the plaintive lament of the ancient instrument merges with the sensuous warmth of Latin ardor—imbuing each bearer with a sense of melodic wanderlust. A scholarly exegesis of United States Social Security Administration data reveals its demographic arc: from a modest quintet of occurrences in 2000 (rank 895) through incremental rises to eleven in 2011 (rank 936), culminating in a pronounced spike of 123 infants in 2023 (rank 835) before a slight recalibration to 40 instances in 2024 (rank 910). This trajectory underscores a growing fascination with its hybrid resonance: linguistically precise, yet culturally expansive. As a genuinely unisex appellation, Neylan mirrors contemporary impulses toward fluid identity while unwaveringly preserving its etymological gravitas. Within onomastic scholarship, it stands as a testament to the dynamic interplay of language, culture, and demographic evolution—an enduring hymn to cross-cultural symphony.

How to pronounce Neylan

Turkish

Popularity of Neylan in the U.S.

Neylan was the #3,712 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 40 babies. It peaked at #1,681 in 2023. It first appears in the records in 2000. As a boy name it was #4,857 in 2025, with 20 babies.

Bar and line chart: Neylan in the U.S., 2000–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 123 in 2023 and 40 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #1,681 in 2023, #3,712 in 2025.
  • Girls named Neylan (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 2000–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Girls year by year, 2000⁠–⁠2025 15 rows
Neylan: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025403,712▲ 46
2024403,758▼ 2,077
20231231,681▲ 3,957
2022225,638▲ 6,568
2021712,206▼ 1,116
2020811,090back (not recorded in 2019)
2018811,427▲ 4,475
2017515,902▲ 313
2016516,215back (not recorded in 2014–2015)
2013614,582back (not recorded in 2012)
2011119,723back (not recorded in 2009–2010)
2008713,832▲ 3,804
2007517,636back (not recorded in 2005–2006)
2004910,690back (not recorded in 2001–2003)
2000515,031new
Boys year by year, 2010⁠–⁠2025 14 rows
Neylan: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025204,857▲ 1,047
2024155,904▼ 1,448
2023234,456▲ 4,534
202288,990▲ 724
202179,714▲ 2,308
2020512,022▼ 3,133
201988,889▼ 735
201898,154▲ 1,542
201779,696back (not recorded in 2015–2016)
2014610,717▲ 1,419
2013512,136▼ 3,272
201288,864▲ 736
201179,600▲ 2,631
2010512,231new

Neylan by state

Neylan ranks #1,948 in California (2025).

Map: Neylan's 2025 rank among girl names in each U.S. state
Rank among girl names by state, 2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Rank by state 2 states
Neylan: rank and babies by state, 2025
StateRankBabies
California1,94810
Texas3,2855

Notable people named Neylan

  • Neylan McBaine is an American writer and marketer known for her work on women in Mormonism.