Allan

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #13,430 · #1,012 for boys in 2025, 223 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1940 · 1,608 births
Debut · boys
20 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
96,458
since 1880

Allan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Allan has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #115, 1940boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,012223
2024#857283
2023#813302
2022#824301
2021#840283
2020#826278
2019#813280
2018#782294
2017#777301
2016#741329
2015#659392
2014#723333
2013#656370
2012#695340
2011#675350
2010#614403
2009#560471
2008#550478
2007#518506
2006#504514
2005#461555
2004#444588
2003#412625
2002#477495
2001#483489
2000#483485
1999#445515
1998#452497
1997#452486
1996#481449
1995#422539
1994#13,4305#428531
1993#403574
1992#384595
1991#377601
1990#384605
1989#9,6817#378591
1988#351591
1987#9,8256#361539
1986#10,9125#364512
1985#9,3076#355519
1984#9,1446#326586
1983#10,2755#323589
1982#9,2376#323589
1981#335552
1980#343538
1979#10,2105#342528
1978#9,7505#342508
1977#9,6525#353491
1976#343503
1975#313575
1974#8,7755#329532
1973#8,4235#314560
1972#295626
1971#8,3245#272778
1970#7,0706#267810
1969#5,9747#257812
1968#6,2466#243872
1967#6,8045#239859
1966#222986
1965#2191,094
1964#2201,170
1963#5,8916#2201,220
1962#4,8658#2151,278
1961#2111,347
1960#5,6966#1971,472
1959#4,6258#2001,443
1958#1801,604
1957#6,0865#1871,571
1956#1771,636
1955#1571,841
1954#5,1486#1491,954
1953#1531,856
1952#5,5635#1461,931
1951#4,8336#1371,970
1950#4,3157#1421,891
1949#4,6736#1431,933
1948#1322,063
1947#5,2955#1322,187
1946#4,4176#1242,061
1945#1371,582
1944#4,0546#1411,501
1943#1361,639
1942#1241,764
1941#3,9546#1351,492
1940#3,5037#1151,608
1939#1251,413
1938#2,9409#1191,540
1937#1241,338
1936#1381,129
1935#1501,015
1934#151993
1933#3,4067#154936
1932#1531,008
1931#3,8486#1511,002
1930#155985
1929#3,3948#161930
1928#2,49713#171844
1927#196721
1926#182780
1925#4,0287#193719
1924#5,0615#201692
1923#216598
1922#5,0095#226594
1921#231576
1920#235535
1919#240481
1918#244477
1917#238451
1916#236446
1915#227441
1914#244307
1913#249230
1912#234221
1911#255101
1910#27082
1909#25974
1908#25568
1907#29253
1906#28649
1905#28448
1904#28545
1903#31037
1902#24856
1901#27539
1900#25464
1899#33628
1898#32036
1897#33930
1896#32334
1895#41422
1894#31931
1893#33028
1892#32033
1891#39719
1890#28237
1889#31331
1888#33030
1887#35621
1886#33625
1885#41119
1884#31830
1883#40219
1882#46915
1881#39518
1880#38120
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Allan was already there! It came in at #381, and was given to 20 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 21 boys a year got the name.

See more about Allan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 155 spots since 2024 (#857#1,012)
  • 186 spots since 2020 (#826#1,012)
  • 353 spots since 2015 (#659#1,012)
  • Biggest jump: 91 spots in 1896 (#414#323)
  • Biggest drop: 155 spots in 2025 (#857#1,012)
Rise & fade · boys
60 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1940 at #115 (1,608 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 31 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 145 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1880–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 720
  • Highest: 1 in 720 boys born in 1938 were named Allan (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,660 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #115 in 1940, was only 1 in 721 (0.14%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 18.5% of all boys named Allan (17,830) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s228#313 (1889)#371
1890s298#282 (1890)#338
1900s533#248 (1902)#275
1910s3,237#227 (1915)#244
1920s6,989#161 (1929)#201
1930s11,359#119 (1938)#142
1940s17,830#115 (1940)#132
1950s17,697#137 (1951)#163
1960s11,110#197 (1960)#224
1970s5,911#267 (1970)#317
1980s5,606#323 (1982)#346
1990s5,392#377 (1991)#423
2000s5,206#412 (2003)#489
2010s3,392#614 (2010)#714
2020s1,670#813 (2023)#862

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.

Allan in 1944

girls
#4,054
6 births · 1 in 221,204 girls
boys
#141
1,501 births · 1 in 908 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #4,054Allan6

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #141Allan1,501
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 221,204 of them was named Allan, which outranked 22.7% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allan
  1. #3,687Zelia7
  2. #3,687Zera7
  3. #3,687Zeta7
  4. #4,054Allan6
  5. #4,054Acquanetta6
  6. #4,054Adel6
  7. #4,054Adelene6
  8. #4,574Adelmira5
  9. #4,574Adonna5
  10. #4,574Adra5

Tied with 519 names at #4,054; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 1,229Dorinda#1,834#605
  2. 611Deirdre#1,556#945
  3. 504Alana#1,251#747
  4. 460Elyse#1,327#867
  5. 407Joella#1,395#988
Fallers
  1. 613Michal#996#1,609
  2. 493Aloma#762#1,255
  3. 448Louvenia#916#1,364
  4. 347Norine#889#1,236
  5. 341Lyla#864#1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 908 of them was named Allan, which outranked 96.4% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allan
  1. #138Freddie1,515
  2. #139Jose1,512
  3. #140Dwight1,504
  4. #141Allan1,501
  5. #142Cecil1,499
  6. #143Tony1,494
  7. #144Dan1,488
Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 647Rickie#1,461#814
  2. 586Rusty#1,577#991
  3. 585Humberto#1,280#695
  4. 408Llewellyn#1,343#935
  5. 402Hilario#1,308#906
Fallers
  1. 359Elwyn#923#1,282
  2. 356Albin#856#1,212
  3. 348Prentiss#980#1,328
  4. 286Barrie#969#1,255
  5. 269Duke#986#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944