Phelan

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 11% girls / 89% boys

Phelan first appears in the U.S. data in 1949 and has been recorded in 54 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 26 babies (rank #2,891 that year). In 2024 it was given to 8 boys (rank #9,624). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.
644
Total babies (all years)
54
Years in the data
26
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19496#3,612
19565#4,330
19635#4,476
19709#3,457
19719#3,588
19729#3,537
19738#3,972
19747#4,510
19757#4,660
197611#3,420
19807#5,358
19817#5,341
19826#6,197
198312#3,568
19856#6,319
198610#4,389
19878#5,324
198811#4,384
198913#4,217
199016#3,732
19916#7,986
199214#4,273
199314#4,392
199417#3,860
199520#3,404
199626#2,891
199721#3,428
199815#4,588
199914#4,959
200012#5,822
200111#6,333
200212#5,981
200310#7,104
200412#6,418
200512#6,516
200610#7,860
200717#5,375
200810#8,141
20099#8,820
20107#10,469
201111#7,373
20128#9,489
201311#7,420
201413#6,541
201511#7,408
20166#11,778
201713#6,577
20189#8,650
20196#11,778
202010#7,921
202113#6,582
20228#9,617
20238#9,523
20248#9,624