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How popular is the name Phelan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Phelans are alive today.
Phelan (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2015 (ranked 3004th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2007, when 8 babies were given the name, the 2211th most popular that year.
The Phelan you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Phelans born in England and Wales are between 12 and 29, and there are at least 110 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Phelan - on average, only one in every 2,755 such rooms contains a Phelan.
How many babies are named Phelan each year?
Where does Phelan rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Phelan most popular?
Phelan peaked in 2007, when 8 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Phelan?
At least 110 people named Phelan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Phelan?
Most living Phelans are between 12 and 29; the most common age is about 12.
Is Phelan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.