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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #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 1954

girls
#5,148
6 births · 1 in 323,653 girls
boys
#149
1,954 births · 1 in 1,043 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #5,148Allan6

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #149Allan1,954
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 323,653 of them was named Allan, which outranked 22.3% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allan
  1. #4,655Zanna7
  2. #4,655Zelia7
  3. #4,655Zoeann7
  4. #5,148Allan6
  5. #5,148Adel6
  6. #5,148Adrien6
  7. #5,148Afton6
  8. #5,753Adana5
  9. #5,753Adrain5
  10. #5,753Adrean5

Tied with 604 names at #5,148; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 1,043 of them was named Allan, which outranked 96.6% 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).

Ranked beside Allan
  1. #146Lonnie1,976
  2. #147Neil1,959
  3. #148Gilbert1,955
  4. #149Allan1,954
  5. #149Jackie1,954
  6. #151Gene1,900
  7. #152Floyd1,871
  8. #153Juan1,870

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 592Ricci#1,331#739
  2. 470Demetrius#1,357#887
  3. 382Crawford#1,378#996
  4. 310Gavin#1,139#829
  5. 296Dino#1,058#762
Fallers
  1. 504Arlin#878#1,382
  2. 347Adan#895#1,242
  3. 345Dayton#966#1,311
  4. 302Garey#966#1,268
  5. 293Bartholomew#975#1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954