Daelan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Daelan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
Where does Daelan come from?
Modern: spelling of Daelin, itself a variant of Dalen or Daylin, Dae- with -lin
Meaning borrowed from Daelin.
Is Daelan a girl's or a boy's name?
Daelan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daelan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Daelan, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had more boys named Daelan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Daelan in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 405 boys in the US were given Daelan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #642, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Daelan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
Names like Daelan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan, Kayden, Finnegan, Ronan, Deacon, Keegan, Brayden, Aiden, Braylen, Finn, Rayden, Brecken
Other spellings of Daelan
Daylen, Daylon, Daylan, Daelyn, Daylin, Deylan, Dailyn, Dalyn, Daelin, Daylyn, Dailen
Names related to Daelan
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Daelan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/daelan, updated 20 October 2026.