Dallan — #5692 US boys' name
745 babies named Dallan in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Dallan was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Dallan in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dallan
The Social Security Administration has registered 745 babies named Dallan between 1938 and 2024, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dallan currently holds the #5692 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dallan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 224 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dallan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 143 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dallan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dallan 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 745 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.
Dallan at a glance
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Current rank
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Dallan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1938
- Peak year (2008)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 87 years of records
Currently ranks #5692 among boys.
745 total births across 87 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 34 births in a single year.
Dallan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 224 births that decade — 30% of Dallan's all-time total
Dallan decade highlights
- Peak decade 224 births
- Runner-up 197 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dallan's strongest decade
224 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Dallan by state
Where Dallan concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 143 | 19.2% |
143 of 745 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 19.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 19.2% 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, 1938–2024 (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.