Meaning not yet researched.
Allan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 223 in 2025. Its best rank was #115 in 1940.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #115 in 1940; #1,013 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Allan in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,013 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1940, at #115.
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Allan: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 223 boys in 2025. Peak: #115 in 1940 · most boys in one year: 2,187 (1947).
In 2025, 223 US boys were named Allan, making it the 1,013th most common boys’ name of the year, down 156 places from #857 in 2024. That is 60 fewer than the 283 boys named Allan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #115, reached in 1940. The most boys given the name in a single year was 2,187, in 1947. For comparison, it was #659 in 2015 and #142 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Allan in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 20 babies with the name. In all, 96,711 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 17,866 babies named Allan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,874 US boys were named Allan; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 329. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,660 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Allan ranked highest in Florida in 2025, at #543 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Alan (364,389 babies since 1880), Allen (273,662 babies since 1880), Alain (3,986 babies since 1880) and Aylin (16,935 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Allayne are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Al, Alan and Allen.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Allayne (10).
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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 40 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 32 | #543 | #432 |
| Illinois | 14 | #634 | #837 |
| Pennsylvania | 12 | #704 | #1,167 |
| Washington | 8 | #739 | #638 |
| Texas | 34 | #791 | #479 |
| North Carolina | 10 | #825 | #711 |
| New York | 14 | #915 | #594 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #928 | #829 |
| California | 22 | #990 | #482 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,026 | #513 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,271 | #839 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 223 | #1,013 |
| 2024 | — | — | 283 | #857 |
| 2023 | — | — | 302 | #813 |
| 2022 | — | — | 301 | #824 |
| 2021 | — | — | 283 | #840 |
| 2020 | — | — | 278 | #826 |
| 2019 | — | — | 280 | #813 |
| 2018 | — | — | 294 | #782 |
| 2017 | — | — | 301 | #777 |
| 2016 | — | — | 329 | #742 |
| 2015 | — | — | 392 | #659 |
| 2014 | — | — | 333 | #723 |
| 2013 | — | — | 370 | #656 |
| 2012 | — | — | 340 | #695 |
| 2011 | — | — | 350 | #675 |
| 2010 | — | — | 403 | #614 |
| 2009 | — | — | 471 | #561 |
| 2008 | — | — | 478 | #551 |
| 2007 | — | — | 506 | #518 |
| 2006 | — | — | 514 | #504 |
| 2005 | — | — | 555 | #461 |
| 2004 | — | — | 588 | #444 |
| 2003 | — | — | 625 | #412 |
| 2002 | — | — | 495 | #477 |
| 2001 | — | — | 489 | #483 |
| 2000 | — | — | 485 | #483 |
| 1999 | — | — | 515 | #445 |
| 1998 | — | — | 497 | #452 |
| 1997 | — | — | 486 | #452 |
| 1996 | — | — | 449 | #481 |
| 1995 | — | — | 539 | #422 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,516 | 531 | #428 |
| 1993 | — | — | 574 | #403 |
| 1992 | — | — | 595 | #384 |
| 1991 | — | — | 601 | #377 |
| 1990 | — | — | 605 | #384 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,706 | 591 | #378 |
| 1988 | — | — | 591 | #351 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,868 | 539 | #361 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,956 | 512 | #364 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,340 | 519 | #356 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,172 | 586 | #326 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,315 | 589 | #323 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,263 | 589 | #323 |
| 1981 | — | — | 552 | #335 |
| 1980 | — | — | 538 | #343 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,243 | 528 | #342 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,789 | 508 | #342 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,685 | 491 | #353 |
| 1976 | — | — | 503 | #343 |
| 1975 | — | — | 575 | #313 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,814 | 532 | #329 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,455 | 560 | #314 |
| 1972 | — | — | 626 | #295 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,361 | 778 | #272 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,085 | 810 | #267 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,985 | 812 | #257 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,264 | 872 | #243 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,819 | 859 | #239 |
| 1966 | — | — | 986 | #222 |
| 1965 | — | — | 1,094 | #219 |
| 1964 | — | — | 1,170 | #220 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,899 | 1,220 | #220 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,874 | 1,278 | #215 |
| 1961 | — | — | 1,347 | #211 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,708 | 1,472 | #197 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,633 | 1,443 | #200 |
| 1958 | — | — | 1,604 | #180 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,093 | 1,571 | #187 |
| 1956 | — | — | 1,636 | #177 |
| 1955 | — | — | 1,841 | #157 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,159 | 1,954 | #149 |
| 1953 | — | — | 1,856 | #153 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,573 | 1,931 | #146 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,843 | 1,970 | #137 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,327 | 1,891 | #142 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,680 | 1,933 | #143 |
| 1948 | — | — | 2,063 | #132 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,316 | 2,187 | #132 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,429 | 2,061 | #124 |
| 1945 | — | — | 1,582 | #137 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,065 | 1,501 | #141 |
| 1943 | — | — | 1,639 | #136 |
| 1942 | — | — | 1,764 | #124 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,965 | 1,492 | #135 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,509 | 1,608 | #115 |
| 1939 | — | — | 1,413 | #125 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,943 | 1,540 | #119 |
| 1937 | — | — | 1,338 | #124 |
| 1936 | — | — | 1,129 | #138 |
| 1935 | — | — | 1,015 | #150 |
| 1934 | — | — | 993 | #151 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,413 | 936 | #154 |
| 1932 | — | — | 1,008 | #153 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,860 | 1,002 | #151 |
| 1930 | — | — | 985 | #155 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,399 | 930 | #161 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,501 | 844 | #171 |
| 1927 | — | — | 721 | #196 |
| 1926 | — | — | 780 | #182 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,038 | 719 | #193 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,091 | 692 | #201 |
| 1923 | — | — | 598 | #216 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,035 | 594 | #226 |
| 1921 | — | — | 576 | #231 |
| 1920 | — | — | 535 | #235 |
| 1919 | — | — | 481 | #240 |
| 1918 | — | — | 477 | #244 |
| 1917 | — | — | 451 | #238 |
| 1916 | — | — | 446 | #236 |
| 1915 | — | — | 441 | #227 |
| 1914 | — | — | 307 | #244 |
| 1913 | — | — | 230 | #249 |
| 1912 | — | — | 221 | #234 |
| 1911 | — | — | 101 | #255 |
| 1910 | — | — | 82 | #270 |
| 1909 | — | — | 74 | #259 |
| 1908 | — | — | 68 | #255 |
| 1907 | — | — | 53 | #292 |
| 1906 | — | — | 49 | #286 |
| 1905 | — | — | 48 | #284 |
| 1904 | — | — | 45 | #285 |
| 1903 | — | — | 37 | #310 |
| 1902 | — | — | 56 | #248 |
| 1901 | — | — | 39 | #275 |
| 1900 | — | — | 64 | #254 |
| 1899 | — | — | 28 | #336 |
| 1898 | — | — | 36 | #320 |
| 1897 | — | — | 30 | #339 |
| 1896 | — | — | 34 | #323 |
| 1895 | — | — | 22 | #415 |
| 1894 | — | — | 31 | #319 |
| 1893 | — | — | 28 | #331 |
| 1892 | — | — | 33 | #320 |
| 1891 | — | — | 19 | #398 |
| 1890 | — | — | 37 | #282 |
| 1889 | — | — | 31 | #313 |
| 1888 | — | — | 30 | #330 |
| 1887 | — | — | 21 | #356 |
| 1886 | — | — | 25 | #336 |
| 1885 | — | — | 19 | #411 |
| 1884 | — | — | 30 | #318 |
| 1883 | — | — | 19 | #403 |
| 1882 | — | — | 15 | #469 |
| 1881 | — | — | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | — | — | 20 | #381 |
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).