Dalan — #9114 US boys' name
570 babies named Dalan in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
36% of everyone ever named Dalan was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Dalan in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dalan
The Social Security Administration has registered 570 babies named Dalan between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dalan currently holds the #9114 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dalan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 205 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Dalan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dalan in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dalan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 570 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dalan at a glance
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Current rank
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Dalan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1962
- Peak year (1998)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
Currently ranks #9114 among boys.
570 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 29 births in a single year.
Dalan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 205 births that decade — 36% of Dalan's all-time total
Dalan decade highlights
- Peak decade 205 births
- Runner-up 151 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dalan's strongest decade
205 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Dalan by state
Where Dalan concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
Top 5 states
- Utah 2.8% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1962–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.