Galan is a very rare variant of Galen that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Galan is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1996. Galan first appears in 1941 and peaked in 1961 (9 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | — | #9,494 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #7,225 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 5 | — | #6,660 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,607 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #6,592 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #4,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #4,335 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | #2,969 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,018 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,555 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,465 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #3,490 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #3,696 |