Alanson
Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
- Peak · boys
- 1927 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 185since 1912
Alanson over time
Rank among boys' names. Alanson has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
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| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
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| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
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| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
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| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
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| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
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| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
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| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
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| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
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| 1929 | #3,559 | 6 |
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| 1927 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
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| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Alanson! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Alanson
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1927 at #2,408 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1928, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 85,988 boys born in 1912 were named Alanson (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 392,266 boys born in 1993 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,408 in 1927, was only 1 in 93,910 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.8% of all boys named Alanson (68) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 41 | #2,544 (1912) | #3,015 |
| 1920s | 68 | #2,408 (1927) | #3,377 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 24 | #2,690 (1946) | #3,230 |
| 1950s | 37 | #2,662 (1951) | #3,468 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,845 (1977) | #5,845 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,721 (1986) | #6,721 |
| 1990s | 5 | #8,700 (1993) | #8,700 |
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.
Alanson in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
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2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 291,250 of them was named Alanson, which outranked 27.2% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,942Yvon8
- #2,942Zeno8
- #2,942Zigmund8
- #3,176Alanson7
- #3,176Adlai7
- #3,176Adren7
- #3,176Agustine7
- #3,452Acey6
- #3,452Alaric6
- #3,452Alberta6
Tied with 275 names at #3,176; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.