girl's name

Falan

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 140

Falan is a girl's name. In 2001 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1982, when 26 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1981.

Falan over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2001, not a full ten years.

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Births named Falan by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 98
1990s 27
2000s (to 2001) 12

How popular is Falan?

In 2001, Falan was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Falan is used

England & Wales #4,646 3 in 1998
United States #14,545 6 in 2001

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Falan

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Falan also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Falan over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Falan

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Falan — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Falan

How popular is the name Falan?

In 2001, Falan was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Falan a girl's or a boy's name?

Falan is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Falan most popular?

Falan peaked in 1982, when 26 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.