Gaelan is a very rare variant of Galen that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Gaelan is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Gaelan was first reported in SSA data in 1982 and peaked in 1988 (13 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #12,680 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | #9,674 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | #9,491 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | #9,081 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | #9,759 |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #6,704 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | #9,322 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #7,223 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | #5,000 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #6,772 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | #5,522 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #5,828 |
| 1988 | 13 | — | #3,768 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #7,339 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #5,532 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | #3,663 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,604 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #5,890 |