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.

Phelan*

#6,243 most common boys' name of all time · #15,573 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1949–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#6,243
Rank overall
#15,573 of 105,966
First appeared
1949
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
649
Since 2016
91
Peak year
1996 #2,864
Best rank
#2,864 1996
Girls Boys peak 26/yr
1960198020002020

Phelan first appears in 1949. 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
2025 — 5 5 #12,248
2024 — 8 8 #9,137
2023 — 8 8 #9,058
2022 — 8 8 #9,131
2021 — 13 13 #6,405
2020 — 10 10 #7,614
2019 — 6 6 #11,000
2018 — 9 9 #8,282
2017 5 13 18 #6,406
2016 — 6 6 #10,963
2015 — 11 11 #7,148
2014 — 13 13 #6,378
2013 — 11 11 #7,120
2012 — 8 8 #9,003
2011 — 11 11 #7,098
2010 — 7 7 #9,870
2009 — 9 9 #8,434
2008 5 10 15 #7,834
2007 — 17 17 #5,257
2006 — 10 10 #7,540
2005 — 12 12 #6,312
2004 5 12 17 #6,223
2003 5 10 15 #6,844
2002 7 12 19 #5,811
2001 — 11 11 #6,113
2000 5 12 17 #5,673
1999 9 14 23 #4,837
1998 6 15 21 #4,470
1997 — 21 21 #3,384
1996 — 26 26 #2,864
1995 5 20 25 #3,340
1994 6 17 23 #3,804
1993 5 14 19 #4,303
1992 — 14 14 #4,193
1991 — 6 6 #7,537
1990 — 16 16 #3,674
1989 — 13 13 #4,123
1988 — 11 11 #4,293
1987 — 8 8 #5,151
1986 — 10 10 #4,264
1985 — 6 6 #6,015
1983 — 12 12 #3,522
1982 5 6 11 #5,903
1981 — 7 7 #5,188
1980 — 7 7 #5,177
1976 — 11 11 #3,377
1975 — 7 7 #4,555
1974 — 7 7 #4,418
1973 — 8 8 #3,889
1972 — 9 9 #3,520
1971 — 9 9 #3,548
1970 — 9 9 #3,427
1963 — 5 5 #4,458
1956 — 5 5 #4,341
1949 — 6 6 #3,683