How Many People Are Named Falan?
An estimated 130 people in the United States have the first name Falan. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 39 years old, and Falan peaked in popularity in 1982 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Falan as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Falan paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
130
About 1 in 2,636,572 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
39
years old
Peak Year
1982
26 births
Total Registered
137
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Falan
Falan is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 137 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Falan as a female name
Ranked #14,103 in 2001
6 female births in 2001
Peak: 1982 (26 births)
Falan: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Falan span from the 1980s to the 2000s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 98 babies were registered. Falan has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Falan by Decade
How has Falan tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Falan by State
Falan + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Falan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Falan
Other first names starting with F with a similar number of bearers.
Falan: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Falan?
We estimate approximately 130 people named Falan are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,636,572 Americans share this first name.
Is Falan a common name?
Falan is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 68.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 137 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Falan most popular?
Falan reached peak popularity in 1982, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Falan is approximately 39 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Falan a female name?
Falan is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Falan Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Falan Smith, Falan Johnson, Falan Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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