Nalan

#11,580 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Nalan has been given to 128 babies in the U.S. since 2009. In 2025 it ranked #11,580 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Nalan, 2025

1 in 553,000

Nalan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nalan: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nalan means

Nalan is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Nalan is used in Turkish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 128 boys were recorded with the name Nalan between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2017; its best national rank was #5,974 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,290 in 2020 to #11,580 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,666 in 2015 to #11,580 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Nalan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #11,580; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nalan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nalan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Nalans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nalan was born before 2019 — so the typical Nalan is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 128; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (64).

Is Nalan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −2,816; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,290; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +86; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 40.0%; Peak was 2017 (15)
Years since peak: 8; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,974; 2017

Spellings of Nalan

Nalan is not the most common spelling — Nathan is, with 29.4% against Nalan's <0.01%.

Nathan29.4%587,497
Dylan21.0%418,679
Alan18.2%363,313
Nolan6.8%135,505
Allan4.8%96,458
Jalen2.0%40,836
Rylan1.7%34,532
Adan1.6%31,478

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Nalan around the world

Where Nalan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2016–2023
#4,992
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nalan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #11,580
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,290
Best rank ever: #5,974; 2017
Peak year: 2017; 15 that year
First recorded: 2009
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 128
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Nalan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Nalu Zolan Eylan Nalo Cylan Ailan Xylan Nalin Hylan Solan Rilan Eilan Atlan Neylan Norlan Jolan Aztlan Nohlan Knolan Reylan Wylan Leilan Deylan Neilan

Sibling names for Nalan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Sydni Sydnie Shyann Karleigh Rhianna Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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