Boys' name · since 1996
Daelan
Daelan has 402 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,996 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,992 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 402
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Daelan currently ranks #6992 among boys' names in America, with 402 babies recorded since 1996.
Daelan has 402 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6992 as of the latest data, more common than 50% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #8,996 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,992 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 402 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daelan ranks #8,996 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,992 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 402 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,996 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,992 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 402
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Daelan's 402 recorded births place it above 80.2% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Daelan compares
402 Top 49% higher than 51% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Daelan's all-time total is 9% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daelan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 402 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 34 | 22,252 |
Daelan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daelan splits its recorded history at 2011: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2021 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daelan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Daelan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (191 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Daelan's strongest decade.
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Daelan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
191 births
- 2020s 50
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 191 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Daelan's decade-level peak was the 2010s (191 total births); usage has since declined to 50 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daelan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1996–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Daelan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.