Allyn
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
Given to boys 62.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1942 · 68 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,223since 1908
Allyn over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #8,875 | 12 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #5,923 | 14 |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #8,058 | 15 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 | #4,676 | 16 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | #3,911 | 16 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 | #3,042 | 22 |
| 1992 | #2,869 | 41 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #3,097 | 36 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #2,957 | 38 | #2,255 | 31 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 | #1,989 | 32 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 | #2,215 | 26 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | #1,866 | 31 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #1,955 | 27 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #1,734 | 33 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #1,602 | 37 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | #2,110 | 25 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #2,205 | 20 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | #1,526 | 32 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #1,699 | 26 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #1,351 | 35 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | #1,544 | 26 |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 | #1,411 | 29 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 | #1,254 | 37 |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | #1,236 | 39 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 | #1,228 | 40 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | #1,091 | 49 |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 | #1,233 | 41 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 | #1,242 | 40 |
| 1959 | #2,869 | 17 | #1,212 | 41 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 | #1,204 | 41 |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 | #1,199 | 42 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 | #1,032 | 53 |
| 1955 | #1,667 | 38 | #971 | 60 |
| 1954 | #1,677 | 37 | #1,007 | 55 |
| 1953 | #1,344 | 52 | #1,074 | 46 |
| 1952 | #1,225 | 60 | #1,002 | 51 |
| 1951 | #988 | 89 | #881 | 63 |
| 1950 | #1,145 | 65 | #1,006 | 48 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | #1,029 | 46 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | #963 | 52 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 | #822 | 71 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 | #785 | 71 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | #971 | 43 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | #832 | 57 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #885 | 57 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #780 | 68 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #918 | 48 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #939 | 46 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #916 | 46 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #1,009 | 40 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #906 | 47 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #1,028 | 38 |
| 1935 | — | #940 | 45 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,038 | 39 | |
| 1933 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #1,141 | 35 |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #841 | 56 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,069 | 42 |
| 1929 | — | #1,378 | 27 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,293 | 31 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,267 | 33 | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #1,493 | 25 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,107 | 42 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #1,420 | 27 |
| 1922 | — | #1,470 | 26 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,648 | 22 |
| 1920 | — | #1,543 | 24 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,449 | 25 | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | #1,172 | 35 |
| 1917 | — | #1,437 | 24 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,304 | 27 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,388 | 19 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1908
The first year at least five boys were named Allyn! It came in at #1,217, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 228 spots in 1931 (#1,069 → #841)
- Biggest drop: 300 spots in 1932 (#841 → #1,141)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1942 at #780 (68 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1939–1948
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,565
- Highest: 1 in 18,565 boys born in 1931 were named Allyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #780 in 1942, was only 1 in 20,311 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
- 17.3% of all boys named Allyn (559) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,217 (1908) | #1,217 |
| 1910s | 169 | #1,172 (1918) | #1,617 |
| 1920s | 279 | #1,107 (1924) | #1,422 |
| 1930s | 429 | #841 (1931) | #988 |
| 1940s | 559 | #780 (1942) | #892 |
| 1950s | 500 | #881 (1951) | #1,059 |
| 1960s | 375 | #1,091 (1962) | #1,278 |
| 1970s | 222 | #1,526 (1971) | #2,099 |
| 1980s | 278 | #1,602 (1981) | #2,096 |
| 1990s | 190 | #2,255 (1990) | #3,662 |
| 2000s | 116 | #4,676 (2001) | #6,722 |
| 2010s | 82 | #5,923 (2013) | #8,478 |
| 2020s | 18 | #8,987 (2024) | #11,185 |
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.
Allyn in 1917
boys
#1,437
24 births · 1 in 38,562 boys
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 38,562 of them was named Allyn, which outranked 68.8% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Allyn
- #1,396Tyrus25
- #1,396Vinton25
- #1,396Webb25
- #1,437Allyn24
- #1,437Adelard24
- #1,437Almer24
- #1,437Aloys24
- #1,479Adrien23
- #1,479Algie23
- #1,479Arland23
Tied with 41 names at #1,437; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.