Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Galan

#16,817 most common boys' name of all time · #43,896 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1941–1996

Rank among boys
#16,817
Rank overall
#43,896 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
81
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1961 #3,054
Best rank
#3,054 1961
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19601980

Galan first appears in 1941. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1996 — 5 5 #9,288
1994 — 7 7 #7,142
1989 — 7 7 #6,450
1984 — 5 5 #6,622
1983 — 5 5 #6,580
1980 — 5 5 #6,605
1970 — 5 5 #5,098
1968 — 5 5 #4,511
1961 — 9 9 #3,054
1954 — 5 5 #4,245
1953 — 6 6 #3,727
1949 — 6 6 #3,653
1947 — 6 6 #3,700
1941 — 5 5 #3,991