NameTides

Faelan

Faelan was the #8,243 boys' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales.

Faelan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Faelan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Faelan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. In Ireland, the line follows the most-used spelling each year: Faelan to 2017, Fáelán from 2025. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIreland
2025#8,243 (9)#2,664 (8)#395 (3)#509 (6)
2024#8,987 (8)#4,271 (4)#404 (3)—
2023#12,239 (5)———
2022#10,863 (6)———
2021#9,714 (7)#4,789 (3)——
2020#10,605 (6)#4,608 (3)——
2019#12,145 (5)———
2017#9,696 (7)#4,812 (3)—#710 (3)
2016—#4,023 (4)——
2015#7,491 (10)———
2014#9,642 (7)———
2013—#4,685 (3)——
2012#8,864 (8)———
2009—#4,527 (3)—#701 (3)

Faelan as a girl’s name

  • US
Faelan as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.0118801900192019401960198020002020US
Faelan as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.011880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2025#10,107 (9)
2024#15,293 (5)
2015#16,419 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #7,491.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2012.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 170,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Faelan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 190,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 310,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
FaelanEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
FáelánIrelandBoys#5096
FaelanIrelandBoys#6764
FaelanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
FaelanNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
FaelanUSGirls#10,1079
FaelanUSBoys#8,2439