Meaning not yet researched.
Alan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,915 in 2025. Its best rank was #40 in 1951.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #40 in 1951; #191 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Alan in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#191 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1951, at #40.
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Alan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,915 boys in 2025. Peak: #40 in 1951 · most boys in one year: 9,037 (1955).
In 2025, 1,915 US boys were named Alan, making it the 191st most common boys’ name of the year, down 24 places from #167 in 2024. That is 273 fewer than the 2,188 boys named Alan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #40, reached in 1951. The most boys given the name in a single year was 9,037, in 1955. For comparison, it was #167 in 2015 and #41 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Alan in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1882 with 6 babies. In all, 364,389 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 84,118 babies named Alan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 21,634 US boys were named Alan; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,630. In 2025 that was about 1 in 892 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Alan ranked highest in Texas in 2025, at #128 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Allen (273,662 babies since 1880), Allan (96,711 babies since 1880), Elan (4,331 babies since 1880) and Alain (3,986 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Allean, Alaine and Alon are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Al.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Czech, Dutch, English and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Allean (1,491), Alaine (1,454), Alon (1,212), Alean (1,098), Alayne (1,091), Alyne (859), Alyn (798), Ailen (691), Alin (650), Alynn (450), Aelin (411), Aelyn (251), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Alan is listed as a nickname for Allan, Allen.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 11 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 306 | #128 | #100 |
| California | 318 | #129 | #92 |
| Florida | 162 | #134 | #205 |
| Arizona | 63 | #141 | #130 |
| New Jersey | 67 | #144 | #163 |
| Illinois | 79 | #151 | #115 |
| Nebraska | 18 | #151 | #268 |
| Nevada | 19 | #160 | #129 |
| Idaho | 16 | #166 | #152 |
| Delaware | 6 | #168 | #136 |
| New York | 109 | #179 | #135 |
| New Mexico | 11 | #180 | #218 |
| South Carolina | 30 | #188 | #279 |
| Colorado | 36 | #191 | #167 |
| Massachusetts | 33 | #193 | #229 |
| Oklahoma | 24 | #200 | #206 |
| Rhode Island | 5 | #200 | — |
| Georgia | 60 | #204 | #171 |
| Tennessee | 44 | #205 | #234 |
| Indiana | 40 | #207 | #193 |
| Alabama | 26 | #215 | #209 |
| North Carolina | 57 | #215 | #212 |
| Utah | 23 | #225 | #257 |
| Connecticut | 14 | #239 | #206 |
| Mississippi | 13 | #241 | #246 |
| Oregon | 17 | #247 | #142 |
| Kentucky | 21 | #253 | #378 |
| Kansas | 14 | #265 | #280 |
| Washington | 27 | #271 | #171 |
| Pennsylvania | 41 | #280 | #302 |
| Maryland | 19 | #285 | #250 |
| Wisconsin | 20 | #286 | #206 |
| Minnesota | 21 | #288 | #269 |
| Michigan | 31 | #307 | #302 |
| Iowa | 12 | #310 | #236 |
| Ohio | 35 | #326 | #423 |
| Virginia | 24 | #343 | #228 |
| Missouri | 17 | #369 | #371 |
| Arkansas | 7 | #444 | #235 |
| Louisiana | 9 | #487 | #242 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,915 | #191 |
| 2024 | — | — | 2,188 | #167 |
| 2023 | — | — | 2,164 | #167 |
| 2022 | — | — | 2,006 | #189 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,931 | #197 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,966 | #194 |
| 2019 | — | — | 2,142 | #182 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,776 | 2,250 | #174 |
| 2017 | 5 | #16,018 | 2,442 | #159 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,349 | 2,630 | #155 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,471 | 2,487 | #167 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,011 | 2,500 | #170 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,053 | 2,607 | #153 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,134 | 2,285 | #170 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,222 | 2,343 | #164 |
| 2010 | — | — | 2,513 | #156 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,775 | 2,847 | #142 |
| 2008 | — | — | 3,027 | #135 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,716 | 3,249 | #130 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,212 | 3,475 | #122 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,351 | 3,205 | #128 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,781 | 3,062 | #132 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,589 | 3,098 | #131 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,232 | 2,625 | #150 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,112 | 2,644 | #148 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,046 | 2,415 | #161 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,374 | 2,249 | #164 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,189 | 2,138 | #161 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,876 | 2,177 | #158 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,833 | 2,447 | #143 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,782 | 2,293 | #153 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,822 | 2,435 | #144 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,503 | 2,564 | #132 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,013 | 2,606 | #129 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,668 | 2,545 | #128 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,839 | 2,640 | #126 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,549 | 2,733 | #120 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,066 | 2,754 | #110 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,527 | 2,586 | #112 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,891 | 2,648 | #107 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,128 | 2,684 | #109 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,992 | 2,702 | #105 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,154 | 2,771 | #102 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,719 | 2,687 | #107 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,809 | 2,589 | #112 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,856 | 2,671 | #112 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,756 | 2,322 | #116 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,936 | 2,122 | #122 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,659 | 2,134 | #126 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,542 | 2,186 | #115 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,142 | 2,248 | #115 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,726 | 2,231 | #118 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,159 | 2,269 | #115 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,485 | 2,580 | #110 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,947 | 3,168 | #99 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 | 3,553 | #91 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,319 | 3,852 | #76 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 | 3,976 | #74 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,486 | 4,572 | #61 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,198 | 4,943 | #57 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,050 | 5,612 | #59 |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,531 | 6,810 | #53 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,622 | 6,935 | #56 |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,264 | 7,719 | #53 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,609 | 8,617 | #51 |
| 1960 | 21 | #2,649 | 8,356 | #50 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,760 | 8,151 | #50 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,232 | 8,226 | #49 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,728 | 8,208 | #48 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,493 | 8,734 | #44 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,972 | 9,037 | #43 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,019 | 8,711 | #43 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,482 | 8,454 | #43 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,201 | 8,310 | #42 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,694 | 8,408 | #40 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,912 | 7,737 | #41 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,727 | 7,255 | #45 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,351 | 7,394 | #46 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,279 | 7,823 | #45 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,996 | 6,490 | #49 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,133 | 5,073 | #52 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,382 | 4,277 | #55 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,698 | 3,855 | #67 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,741 | 3,134 | #81 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,423 | 2,624 | #84 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,868 | 2,377 | #88 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,783 | 2,330 | #85 |
| 1938 | — | — | 2,241 | #91 |
| 1937 | — | — | 1,846 | #103 |
| 1936 | — | — | 1,755 | #108 |
| 1935 | — | — | 1,425 | #122 |
| 1934 | — | — | 1,369 | #124 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,408 | 1,345 | #122 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,277 | 1,339 | #127 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,337 | 1,423 | #120 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,057 | 1,301 | #136 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,395 | 1,101 | #146 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,748 | 964 | #157 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,877 | 808 | #178 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,860 | 836 | #174 |
| 1925 | — | — | 804 | #179 |
| 1924 | — | — | 625 | #217 |
| 1923 | — | — | 588 | #221 |
| 1922 | — | — | 479 | #256 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,112 | 375 | #289 |
| 1920 | — | — | 433 | #263 |
| 1919 | — | — | 330 | #299 |
| 1918 | — | — | 333 | #302 |
| 1917 | — | — | 310 | #299 |
| 1916 | — | — | 251 | #338 |
| 1915 | — | — | 238 | #346 |
| 1914 | — | — | 184 | #344 |
| 1913 | — | — | 158 | #321 |
| 1912 | — | — | 102 | #381 |
| 1911 | — | — | 55 | #380 |
| 1910 | — | — | 59 | #321 |
| 1909 | — | — | 45 | #348 |
| 1908 | — | — | 31 | #429 |
| 1907 | — | — | 38 | #359 |
| 1906 | — | — | 28 | #411 |
| 1905 | — | — | 23 | #463 |
| 1904 | — | — | 29 | #379 |
| 1903 | — | — | 25 | #393 |
| 1902 | — | — | 27 | #380 |
| 1901 | — | — | 20 | #422 |
| 1900 | — | — | 27 | #431 |
| 1899 | — | — | 16 | #481 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #573 |
| 1897 | — | — | 19 | #439 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #593 |
| 1895 | — | — | 21 | #426 |
| 1894 | — | — | 11 | #632 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | — | — | 17 | #481 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #636 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #566 |
| 1889 | — | — | 10 | #629 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #918 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #926 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #961 |
| 1885 | — | — | 10 | #604 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #664 |
| 1882 | — | — | 6 | #838 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).