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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | |
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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.
Where Allyn is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Connecticut#167 · 1 in 2,224
- Minnesota#240 · 1 in 2,992
- New York#473 · 1 in 13,393
Best ever in a state: #167 in Connecticut, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Connecticut | #167 | 5 | 1 in 2,224 |
| Minnesota | #240 | 8 | 1 in 2,992 |
| New York | #473 | 7 | 1 in 13,393 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Allyn
- 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)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1942 at #780 (68 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1939–1948
- 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
- 17.3% of all boys named Allyn (559) were born in this decade
- 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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 228,706 of them was named Allyn, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 679 names at #4,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 25,199 of them was named Allyn, which outranked 76.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).