Allene

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1927 at #4,210
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1912 · 152 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,762
since 1881

Allene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Allene has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #375, 1912girls
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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#11,9327
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020#15,0885
2019
2018
2017
2016#11,7818
2015#16,4195
2014#14,5586
2013#11,0009
2012#12,1998
2011#11,1819
2010
2009#11,4599
2008
2007#12,6768
2006#9,90111
2005#8,88312
2004#9,26411
2003#9,67110
2002#11,1088
2001#8,75811
2000#7,58013
1999#14,4115
1998#8,58410
1997#7,74211
1996#10,5677
1995#8,7669
1994#6,67213
1993#5,95515
1992#6,00815
1991#7,98710
1990#5,54916
1989#10,8476
1988#5,32115
1987#7,9878
1986#5,75712
1985#8,3187
1984#6,8109
1983#7,3128
1982#4,71615
1981#5,88511
1980#10,3925
1979#10,2105
1978#4,45915
1977#5,88810
1976#4,90512
1975#5,16111
1974#4,45913
1973#4,36213
1972#3,89415
1971#2,80125
1970#3,03022
1969#2,84422
1968#2,78921
1967#2,37626
1966#2,45324
1965#2,03133
1964#1,83641
1963#2,61922
1962#2,81419
1961#1,83839
1960#2,30726
1959#1,53750
1958#1,70340
1957#1,50750
1956#1,53348
1955#1,51645
1954#1,18072
1953#1,26159
1952#1,19563
1951#1,00586
1950#1,03478
1949#93590
1948#90792
1947#91594
1946#83398
1945#741101
1944#79393
1943#79296
1942#90275
1941#693102
1940#73489
1939#674101
1938#659108
1937#594128
1936#575131
1935#510157
1934#488174
1933#472189
1932#495178
1931#474181
1930#491184
1929#476200
1928#449232
1927#414273#4,2105
1926#383317
1925#413280
1924#483208
1923#431244
1922#440236
1921#437244
1920#402271
1919#451214
1918#437230
1917#422228
1916#440206
1915#428202
1914#424160
1913#437128
1912#375152
1911#43488
1910#42686
1909#46864
1908#44865
1907#52946
1906#44459
1905#55639
1904#46949
1903#54935
1902#49041
1901#52034
1900#55638
1899#70420
1898#54434
1897#71519
1896#57628
1895#68521
1894#56826
1893#76715
1892#1,0179
1891#58920
1890#59919
1889#65715
1888#83710
1887#1,1475
1886#8977
1885#1,0475
1884
1883#8176
1882#9085
1881#7406
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Allene! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Allene is popular in 1917

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedMNIllinois: #601 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,646 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedMINew York: #602 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,201 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #594 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,569 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedNEMissouri: #271 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,904 girlsMOKentucky: #262 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,905 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedNMKansas: #263 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,870 girlsKSArkansas: #253 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,385 girlsARTennessee: #206 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,161 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #308 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,864 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #386 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,910 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #300 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,981 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedLAMississippi: #202 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,035 girlsMSAlabama: #429 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,145 girlsALGeorgia: #259 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,952 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedHITexas: #269 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,390 girlsTXFlorida: #279 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,783 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#202 · 1 in 1,035
  2. Tennessee#206 · 1 in 1,161
  3. Arkansas#253 · 1 in 1,385
  4. Georgia#259 · 1 in 1,952
  5. Kentucky#262 · 1 in 1,905

Best ever in a state: #155 in Florida, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#202171 in 1,035
Tennessee#206211 in 1,161
Arkansas#253131 in 1,385
Georgia#259161 in 1,952
Kentucky#262131 in 1,905
Kansas#26381 in 1,870
Texas#269341 in 1,390
Missouri#271151 in 1,904
Florida#27951 in 1,783
Oklahoma#300101 in 1,981
North Carolina#308111 in 2,864
South Carolina#38651 in 3,910
Alabama#42961 in 4,145
Pennsylvania#59461 in 15,569
Illinois#60151 in 11,646
New York#60261 in 16,201
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Allene
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 3,156 spots since 2020 (#15,088#11,932)
  • 4,487 spots since 2015 (#16,419#11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 310 spots in 1888 (#1,147#837)
  • Biggest drop: 428 spots in 1892 (#589#1,017)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1912 at #375 (152 births)
  • Births halved by 1942, 30 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 65 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 65 yrs · run 1893–1949
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,672
  • Highest: 1 in 3,672 girls born in 1912 were named Allene (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 28.6% of all girls named Allene (2,505) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s59#657 (1889)#881
1890s211#544 (1898)#676
1900s470#444 (1906)#503
1910s1,694#375 (1912)#427
1920s2,505#383 (1926)#433
1930s1,531#472 (1933)#543
1940s930#693 (1941)#825
1950s591#1,005 (1951)#1,347
1960s273#1,836 (1964)#2,391
1970s141#2,801 (1971)#4,917
1980s96#4,716 (1982)#7,335
1990s111#5,549 (1990)#8,224
2000s93#7,580 (2000)#9,922
2010s45#11,000 (2013)#12,856
2020s12#11,932 (2025)#13,510

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

Allene in 1917

girls
#422
228 births · 1 in 4,742 girls

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #422Allene228
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 4,742 of them was named Allene, which outranked 92.1% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allene
  1. #419Lura230
  2. #420Louella229
  3. #420Rae229
  4. #422Allene228
  5. #422Valeria228
  6. #424Albina227
  7. #424Leora227
  8. #424Phoebe227

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

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

See the top 100 for 1917