Dallan
Dallan is a given name and surname. Notable people with this name include:Dallán mac Breasal, 5th century Irish king Dallan Forgaill, 6th century Irish saint Dallán mac Móre, 8th–9th century Irish poet Dallan Muyres, Canadian curler Dallan Murphy, Australian rugby player Denis Dallan, Italian rugby player Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player Dallan Carbone born 2015, regular person
Meaning & Origin of Dallan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dallan is a given name and surname. Notable people with this name include:Dallán mac Breasal, 5th century Irish king Dallan Forgaill, 6th century Irish saint Dallán mac Móre, 8th–9th century Irish poet Dallan Muyres, Canadian curler Dallan Murphy, Australian rugby player Denis Dallan, Italian rugby player Manuel Dallan, Italian rugby player Dallan Carbone born 2015, regular person
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The Story of Dallan
Dallan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1938, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 34 Dallans were born — ranking #3,284 that year. As of 2026, Dallan ranks #5,637 for baby boys with 16 births, rising sharply (+62% over the past five years). In total, more than 776 Dallans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1930s through the 2020s.
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About the name Dallan
Dallan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1938 and has accumulated 776 births in the dataset. Dallan's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #2,599. Use the chart and map above to compare Dallan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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