Allen

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #8,953 · #578 for boys in 2025, 507 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#71
1950 · 4,840 births
Debut · boys
1880
184 births
In top 100 · boys
83 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
271,796
since 1880

Allen over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #71, 1950boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#578507
2024—#572502
2023—#517573
2022—#561529
2021—#524559
2020#8,95311#463638
2019#12,4487#436702
2018—#421741
2017—#403791
2016#14,3316#370895
2015—#349976
2014#16,5135#367860
2013#13,1507#348917
2012#16,8695#329959
2011#16,7645#3171,005
2010#12,2768#322975
2009—#3101,039
2008#11,5999#2931,139
2007—#2871,198
2006—#2831,229
2005#16,4625#2711,231
2004#11,6248#2551,303
2003—#2501,318
2002#13,5956#2461,384
2001#12,0567#2431,389
2000#10,7458#2491,351
1999#14,4115#2441,315
1998—#2391,316
1997#10,8367#2181,408
1996#13,5185#2121,468
1995#7,51411#1971,550
1994#7,09712#1791,747
1993#6,62213#1681,900
1992#7,06712#1651,919
1991#6,25314#1542,108
1990#5,83515#1412,220
1989#6,53112#1302,362
1988#7,11110#1342,208
1987#4,66017#1282,172
1986#2,90332#1282,120
1985#3,85221#1282,187
1984#3,72621#1282,121
1983#3,94919#1202,247
1982#3,64722#1222,216
1981#4,00519#1312,061
1980#4,32717#1242,210
1979#4,23117#1391,937
1978#6,3859#1451,828
1977#3,17624#1441,818
1976#3,67818#1341,968
1975#4,85412#1272,031
1974#4,45913#1252,102
1973#3,97115#1242,077
1972#5,9598#1232,302
1971#3,94315#1202,671
1970#3,11021#1132,933
1969#2,64525#1112,885
1968#3,05718#1002,961
1967#2,49224#1003,123
1966#2,35726#973,420
1965#2,83319#923,834
1964#2,60023#934,098
1963#3,06617#904,339
1962#2,35726#934,272
1961#2,35926#964,391
1960#2,72920#994,371
1959#2,86917#974,366
1958#2,32224#924,527
1957#3,30913#914,412
1956#2,10327#874,612
1955#2,15625#844,744
1954#2,29522#824,832
1953#2,36320#814,854
1952#2,80615#784,956
1951#2,01624#725,179
1950#2,25319#714,840
1949#2,13421#714,735
1948#1,90125#724,755
1947#1,99324#735,075
1946#2,39216#744,294
1945#1,99318#743,481
1944#2,51113#773,422
1943#1,52730#763,627
1942#1,41333#713,571
1941#1,75021#733,060
1940#2,02916#713,029
1939#1,42427#722,928
1938#1,80519#732,834
1937#2,31713#762,518
1936#2,52111#812,314
1935#1,72020#832,312
1934#2,00316#882,241
1933#1,55223#842,204
1932#1,44827#802,419
1931#1,50225#792,308
1930#1,40330#852,278
1929#1,44728#862,189
1928#1,63725#932,137
1927#1,48630#952,101
1926#1,93220#932,021
1925#1,32436#942,034
1924#1,72325#942,045
1923#2,36615#971,875
1922#1,40333#951,887
1921#1,76524#941,937
1920#2,01519#941,866
1919#1,92119#1011,653
1918#1,75422#981,779
1917#1,50725#1001,592
1916#2,49812#1011,572
1915#1,43925#991,458
1914#1,22825#1051,049
1913#1,52815#100903
1912#1,54013#103730
1911#1,37212#98402
1910#1,6349#92355
1909#1,9576#93312
1908#2,1015#92287
1907#1,5128#85309
1906—#84282
1905—#88272
1904—#96228
1903#1,7925#91219
1902—#89227
1901—#88199
1900#1,4318#104223
1899—#91191
1898#1,7005#103185
1897—#82226
1896#1,4166#91219
1895—#98196
1894—#89219
1893—#99180
1892—#89224
1891—#94173
1890—#90189
1889—#79222
1888—#75260
1887—#81202
1886—#82211
1885—#87184
1884—#87182
1883—#82175
1882—#80206
1881—#80172
1880—#82184
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Allen was already there! It came in at #82, and was given to 184 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 220 boys a year got the name.

See more about Allen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#572 → #578)
  • 115 spots since 2020 (#463 → #578)
  • 229 spots since 2015 (#349 → #578)
  • Biggest jump: 44 spots in 2023 (#561 → #517)
  • Biggest drop: 61 spots in 2021 (#463 → #524)
Rise & fade · boys
70 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1950 at #71 (4,840 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 83 yrs · run 1920–1968
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 361
  • Highest: 1 in 361 boys born in 1947 were named Allen (0.28%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,369 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #71 in 1950, was only 1 in 370 (0.27%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.4% of all boys named Allen (47,322) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,998#75 (1888)#82
1890s2,002#82 (1897)#93
1900s2,558#84 (1906)#91
1910s11,493#92 (1910)#100
1920s20,092#86 (1929)#94
1930s24,356#72 (1939)#80
1940s39,049#71 (1949)#73
1950s47,322#71 (1950)#84
1960s37,694#90 (1963)#97
1970s21,667#113 (1970)#129
1980s21,904#120 (1983)#127
1990s16,951#141 (1990)#192
2000s12,581#243 (2001)#269
2010s8,821#317 (2011)#366
2020s3,308#463 (2020)#536

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.

Allen in 1935

girls
#1,720
20 births · 1 in 52,429 girls
boys
#83
2,312 births · 1 in 450 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #1,720Allen20

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #83Allen2,312
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 52,429 of them was named Allen, which outranked 64.8% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allen
  1. #1,663Tracy21
  2. #1,663Yvonna21
  3. #1,663Zena21
  4. #1,720Allen20
  5. #1,720Adah20
  6. #1,720Amber20
  7. #1,720Argie20
  8. #1,779Afton19
  9. #1,779Alexandria19
  10. #1,779Annelle19

Tied with 58 names at #1,720; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
  2. ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
  3. ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
  4. ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
  5. ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Fallers
  1. ↓ 545Marcelina#938 → #1,483
  2. ↓ 456Tomasa#925 → #1,381
  3. ↓ 393Glendora#938 → #1,331
  4. ↓ 388Marceline#993 → #1,381
  5. ↓ 358Rheta#526 → #884

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

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 450 of them was named Allen, which outranked 98.0% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allen
  1. #80Lee2,426
  2. #81Bob2,389
  3. #82Clyde2,355
  4. #83Allen2,312
  5. #84Lloyd2,296
  6. #85Andrew2,291
  7. #86Leon2,282
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,371Darwyn#2,121 → #750
  2. ↑ 678Landon#1,608 → #930
  3. ↑ 678Stafford#1,658 → #980
  4. ↑ 666Lance#1,658 → #992
  5. ↑ 492Delwin#1,461 → #969
Fallers
  1. ↓ 534Estel#792 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 493Gustav#897 → #1,390
  3. ↓ 381Florian#845 → #1,226
  4. ↓ 353Laurie#942 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 342Valentin#931 → #1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935 →