Dallan
Boy · DAL-an · Irish
Dallan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “little blind one”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Dallan mean?
Irish: from Irish Dallán, from dall 'blind'
“little blind one”
Dallán Forgaill was a sixth-century Irish poet to whom the hymn Be Thou My Vision is traditionally attributed.
- Say it
- DAL-an
Is Dallan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dallan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dallan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Dallan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1938.
2025 had fewer boys named Dallan than any year since 1981.
Half of all the boys named Dallan in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were given Dallan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,694, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Dallan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 19 | #3,463 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
Names like Dallan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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