Names / Boy names
Phelan
Current rank
#13,402
holding steady
All-time peak
#2,891
in 1996
First recorded
1949
in U.S. data
Children named
649
since 1949
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,891 in 1996 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Phelan first appears in American naming records in 1949, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 649 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.