Phelan
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Phelan
Phelan, pronounced FAY-lan or FEE-lan, is an appealing Irish surname name, with a rich history in Irish myth and religious and secular life. One bearer was a fiercely loyal follower of the legendary warrior Finn MacCool, another was a missionary saint.
The first name Phelan figures in an O'Henry story, "Between Rounds"; and in The Help, Skeeter's surname is Phelan. In Irish, the name is spelled Faolan.
Phelan is also given to girls.
Pronounced FAY-lan.
As of October 2026, Phelan ranked #17823 in US births in 2017 SSA, peaked at #10120 in 1999.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Phelan on lists
Famous Phelans
- Phelan BealeBoy
American attorney; husband of to Edith Ewing Bouvier; uncle of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, portrayed in film "Grey Gardens"
- Phelan BealeBoy
Jr., American journalist; son of Phelan and Edith Bouvier Beale
- Phelan SimpsonBoy
Canadian pair skater
- Phelan KaneBoy
American pair skater
- Phelan "Phelous" PorteousBoy
Internet movie reviewer
Phelan in pop culture
- Phelan RappBoy
dog turned Rat in "Provost's Dog" series by Tamora Pierce
- PhelanBoy
minor character on TV's Battlestar Galactica
- Pat PhelanBoy
murderer and villain on English Soap 'Coronation Street'