How Many People Are Named Whalen?
people named Whalen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,780,129 people in the US has this name
Based on 203 babies named Whalen in Social Security records from 1948 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Whalen in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Whalen alive today is about 18 years old, and 81% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Whalen first appears in the records in 1948 and was given most often in 2021, to 14 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1948 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Whalen has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,654, in 1948. In 2025 it ranked #9,651.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,651 |
| Best rank | #3,654 (1948) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,314 in the 2010s |
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