Dalan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAL-in
- Origin
- English
Dalan is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Dalan come from?
English: spelling of Dallin; English surname of uncertain meaning
Meaning borrowed from Dallin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Dalan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dalan is a boys' name.
How popular is Dalan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the boys named Dalan in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dalan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 24 | #3,811 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
Names like Dalan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Declan Deacon Brayden Brennan Cannon Ronan Aiden Kayden Finnegan Kenan Teagan
Names related to Dalan
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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, “Dalan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dalan, updated 20 October 2026.