Phelan — #9089 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Phelan

The Social Security Administration has registered 576 babies named Phelan between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Phelan currently holds the #9089 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Phelan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 68 additional births since 1982.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Phelan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 163 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Phelan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Phelan 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 576 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.