Alan

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682 · #191 for boys in 2025, 1,915 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#40
1951 · 8,408 births
Debut · boys
1882
6 births
In top 100 · boys
34 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
363,313
since 1882

Alan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #40, 1951boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1911,915
2024—#1672,188
2023—#1672,164
2022—#1892,006
2021—#1971,931
2020—#1941,966
2019—#1822,142
2018#15,6825#1742,250
2017#15,9025#1592,442
2016#16,2155#1552,630
2015#8,44713#1672,487
2014#10,9559#1702,500
2013#11,0009#1532,607
2012#9,10912#1702,285
2011#11,1819#1642,343
2010—#1562,513
2009#13,7047#1422,847
2008—#1353,027
2007#12,6768#1303,249
2006#15,1526#1223,475
2005#8,33013#1283,205
2004#6,76817#1323,062
2003#6,57617#1313,098
2002#12,1877#1502,625
2001#12,0567#1482,644
2000#8,02712#1612,415
1999#10,3458#1642,249
1998#14,1225#1612,138
1997#10,8367#1582,177
1996#8,8129#1432,447
1995#8,7669#1532,293
1994#8,8049#1442,435
1993#7,49811#1322,564
1992#6,00815#1292,606
1991#5,65916#1282,545
1990#5,83515#1262,640
1989#5,54515#1202,733
1988#5,06516#1102,754
1987#3,52425#1122,586
1986#3,89021#1072,648
1985#4,12619#1092,684
1984#3,99019#1052,702
1983#5,14813#1022,771
1982#4,71615#1072,687
1981#6,8049#1122,589
1980#3,85320#1122,671
1979#5,75111#1162,322
1978#4,93113#1222,122
1977#4,65214#1262,134
1976#3,54019#1152,186
1975#4,14115#1152,248
1974#4,72012#1182,231
1973#4,15514#1152,269
1972#5,4809#1102,580
1971#3,94315#993,168
1970#2,93823#913,553
1969#3,31817#763,852
1968#2,87420#743,976
1967#3,48414#614,572
1966#4,19810#574,943
1965#3,05017#595,612
1964#2,53024#536,810
1963#2,61922#566,935
1962#2,26428#537,719
1961#2,60822#518,617
1960#2,64921#508,356
1959#2,76018#508,151
1958#3,23214#498,226
1957#2,72718#488,208
1956#3,49312#448,734
1955#2,97115#439,037
1954#3,01914#438,711
1953#3,48011#438,454
1952#3,20112#428,310
1951#2,69415#408,408
1950#2,90913#417,737
1949#2,72614#457,255
1948#3,35010#467,394
1947#2,27919#457,823
1946#3,9947#496,490
1945#3,1329#525,073
1944#3,3788#554,277
1943#4,6915#673,855
1942#3,7387#813,134
1941#4,4205#842,624
1940#3,8636#882,377
1939#3,7826#852,330
1938—#912,241
1937—#1031,846
1936—#1081,755
1935—#1221,425
1934—#1241,369
1933#3,4067#1221,345
1932#3,2748#1271,339
1931#4,3315#1201,423
1930#3,0559#1361,301
1929#3,3948#1461,101
1928#3,7437#157964
1927#3,8757#178808
1926#4,8515#174836
1925—#179804
1924—#217625
1923—#221588
1922—#256479
1921#5,0995#289375
1920—#263433
1919—#299330
1918—#302333
1917—#299310
1916—#338251
1915—#346238
1914—#344184
1913—#321158
1912—#381102
1911—#37955
1910—#32159
1909—#34845
1908—#42931
1907—#35938
1906—#41128
1905—#46323
1904—#37929
1903—#39325
1902—#38027
1901—#42220
1900—#43027
1899—#48116
1898—#57314
1897—#43819
1896—#59213
1895—#42621
1894—#63111
1893—#57212
1892—#48017
1891—#6359
1890—#56612
1889—#62810
1888—#9176
1887—#9215
1886—#9595
1885—#60410
1884—#6639
1883——
1882—#8376
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Alan! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 24 spots since 2024 (#167 → #191)
  • 3 spots since 2020 (#194 → #191)
  • 24 spots since 2015 (#167 → #191)
  • Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1889 (#917 → #628)
  • Biggest drop: 355 spots in 1886 (#604 → #959)
Rise & fade · boys
69 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1951 at #40 (8,408 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1938–1971
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1884–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 224
  • Highest: 1 in 224 boys born in 1951 were named Alan (0.45%)
  • Latest: 1 in 892 boys born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 23.1% of all boys named Alan (83,976) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s51#604 (1885)#790
1890s144#426 (1895)#539
1900s293#348 (1909)#401
1910s2,020#299 (1919)#333
1920s7,013#146 (1929)#208
1930s16,374#85 (1939)#114
1940s50,302#45 (1947)#61
1950s83,976#40 (1951)#44
1960s61,392#50 (1960)#59
1970s24,813#91 (1970)#113
1980s26,825#102 (1983)#110
1990s24,094#126 (1990)#144
2000s29,647#122 (2006)#138
2010s24,199#153 (2013)#165
2020s12,170#167 (2024)#184

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alan in 2016

girls
#16,215
5 births · 1 in 354,404 girls
boys
#155
2,630 births · 1 in 722 boys

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #16,215Alan5

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #155Alan2,630
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 354,404 of them was named Alan, which outranked 14.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alan
  1. #14,331Zyniah6
  2. #14,331Zyriana6
  3. #14,331Zyrie6
  4. #16,215Alan5
  5. #16,215Aadriti5
  6. #16,215Aafiyah5
  7. #16,215Aaishah5

Tied with 2,670 names at #16,215; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 722 of them was named Alan, which outranked 98.9% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alan
  1. #152Timothy2,674
  2. #153King2,672
  3. #154Malachi2,634
  4. #155Alan2,630
  5. #156Brantley2,614
  6. #157Abraham2,584
  7. #158Emmanuel2,571
Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,327Kylo#3,231 → #904
  2. ↑ 355Creed#1,340 → #985
  3. ↑ 349Benicio#1,327 → #978
  4. ↑ 303Adonis#698 → #395
  5. ↑ 291Fox#1,035 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Jonael#922 → #1,399
  2. ↓ 238Aaden#784 → #1,022
  3. ↓ 233Triston#950 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 223Freddy#993 → #1,216
  5. ↓ 207Chace#934 → #1,141

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016 →