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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #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 1951

  • 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: #727 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 15,313 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedPANew 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: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedMOKentucky: #497 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,785 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: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #613 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,108 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedLAMississippi: #502 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,720 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedALGeorgia: #401 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,291 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedHITexas: #849 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,746 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Allene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#401 · 1 in 4,291
  2. Kentucky#497 · 1 in 6,785
  3. Mississippi#502 · 1 in 5,720
  4. North Carolina#613 · 1 in 10,108
  5. Illinois#727 · 1 in 15,313

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#401101 in 4,291
Kentucky#49751 in 6,785
Mississippi#50251 in 5,720
North Carolina#61351 in 10,108
Illinois#72761 in 15,313
Texas#84981 in 12,746
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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 1951

girls
#1,005
86 births · 1 in 20,940 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #1,005Allene86
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 20,940 of them was named Allene, which outranked 83.8% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allene
  1. #996Zandra88
  2. #996Zelda88
  3. #1,004Lauri87
  4. #1,005Allene86
  5. #1,005Georgie86
  6. #1,005Megan86
  7. #1,005Nannie86
  8. #1,010Candyce85
  9. #1,010Charolette85
  10. #1,010Susann85

Tied with 4 names at #1,005; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

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

See the top 100 for 1951