Neilan
Boy · NEE-lan · Irish
Neilan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Neilan mean?
Irish: from an Irish surname related to Niall
Likely from an Irish surname based on Niallán, a diminutive of Niall.
- Say it
- NEE-lan
Is Neilan a girl's or a boy's name?
Neilan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Neilan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Neilan, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Neilan in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were given Neilan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,210, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
- Nilan 43
- Neilan 7
Neilan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Names like Neilan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Neilan
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