Dallan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dallan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dallan: Recorded since 1986, its highest recorded position is #317, and it was last ranked in 2017.

3registrars recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
32years from first to last
#317highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 1999

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 9 of the 32 years from 1986 to 2017.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1986–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1986
First recorded at #317 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1986–2017
Highest recorded position: #317 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1986 (recorded 1986–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #710 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2017.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dallan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dallan in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	6	2 of 10	3
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010s	13	4 of 10	3

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Dallan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1986 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #317 in Republic of Ireland in 1986.

Dallan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1986 and 2017, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #317, first reached in 1986.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 4 births, registered in Northern Ireland in 2010.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#710position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
24 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
4births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Dalia · #355, 51y
Dalila · #2689, 13y
Dallas · #718, 29y
Dalton · #279, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kirstyn · #316, 13y
Neamh · #316, 8y
Naimh · #319, 10y
Titas · #315, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Alen · #317, 22y
Camille · #317, 33y
Darrel · #317, 20y
Amiee · #318, 26y

Dallan was ranked #317 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1986 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #317 in Republic of Ireland in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Dallan

Dallan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dallan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dallan appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Dallan

Dallan at a glance

Dallan by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dallan appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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