Galan — boys' name
81 babies named Galan in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Galan was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Galan in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Galan
The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Galan between 1941 and 1996, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Galan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Galan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Galan shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Galan 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 81 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.
Galan at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Galan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1941
- Peak year (1961)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
81 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 9 births in a single year.
Galan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 22 births that decade — 27% of Galan's all-time total
Galan decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Galan's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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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, 1941–1996 (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.