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

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Peak · boys
1942 · 68 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,223
since 1908

Allyn over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #988, 1951peak #780, 1942girlsboys
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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#12,1617#8,9878
2023#10,3129#12,2395
2022#9,68010#12,3305
2021#9,56210—
2020#9,54610—
2019#12,4487#7,64310
2018#9,80610—
2017#14,1246#9,6967
2016#8,87512#7,15711
2015#6,03621#9,5687
2014#6,71318#8,7818
2013#6,46219#5,92314
2012#5,25326#8,1589
2011#5,93522#12,2875
2010#9,23112#7,08711
2009#8,05815#5,80015
2008#7,07318#11,0376
2007#7,09218#6,62212
2006#5,90622#5,78114
2005#6,82017#5,27815
2004#5,20824#6,97610
2003#6,88516#8,6437
2002#6,69816#6,08811
2001#4,44727#4,67616
2000#5,15122#6,31610
1999#3,80431#4,76214
1998#3,83130#4,01917
1997#5,41718#3,45520
1996#5,28018#5,18711
1995#4,51822#4,05215
1994#4,23824#3,91116
1993#3,29034#3,04222
1992#2,86941#2,83424
1991#3,09736#3,10520
1990#2,95738#2,25531
1989#3,25332#2,90221
1988#2,86736#1,98932
1987#3,62424#2,21526
1986#4,02820#2,29024
1985#3,24627#1,86631
1984#4,16618#2,29222
1983#3,80620#1,95527
1982#4,52716#1,73433
1981#4,16218#1,60237
1980#4,14818#2,11025
1979#6,18910#2,66917
1978#3,92418#2,01224
1977#4,06917#1,85827
1976—#2,60116
1975#5,9849#2,20520
1974#4,04115#2,67414
1973#6,6667#1,81724
1972#3,89415#1,92822
1971#3,94315#1,52632
1970#7,0706#1,69926
1969#4,19812#1,35135
1968#3,45615#1,54426
1967#2,49224#1,41129
1966#2,66821#1,19439
1965#2,68421#1,25437
1964#2,47525#1,23639
1963#2,30627#1,22840
1962#2,21029#1,09149
1961#1,95535#1,23341
1960#2,24627#1,24240
1959#2,86917#1,21241
1958#2,97216#1,20441
1957#2,65119#1,19942
1956#2,53020#1,03253
1955#1,66738#97160
1954#1,67737#1,00755
1953#1,34452#1,07446
1952#1,22560#1,00251
1951#98889#88163
1950#1,14565#1,00648
1949#1,66632#1,02946
1948#2,58915#96352
1947#2,53016#82271
1946#1,72327#78571
1945#2,59812#97143
1944#2,40114#83257
1943#2,86111#88557
1942#3,4448#78068
1941#2,53212#91848
1940#4,3495#93946
1939#3,4297#91646
1938#3,8476#1,00940
1937#4,2555#90647
1936#4,1815#1,02838
1935—#94045
1934—#1,03839
1933—#99541
1932#3,9016#1,14135
1931#3,8486#84156
1930#4,5505#1,06942
1929—#1,37827
1928—#1,29331
1927—#1,26733
1926#4,8515#1,60522
1925#2,93911#1,49325
1924#5,0615#1,10742
1923#3,9717#1,42027
1922—#1,47026
1921#5,0995#1,64822
1920—#1,54324
1919—#1,44925
1918#3,8697#1,17235
1917—#1,43724
1916—#1,30427
1915—#2,6219
1914—#1,38819
1913—#1,58012
1912—#1,8858
1911—#1,7405
1910—#1,5895
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1908—#1,2176
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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.

Where Allyn is popular in 1980

No state had 5 or more boys named Allyn in 1980, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Allyn
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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,217 (1908)#1,217
1910s169#1,172 (1918)#1,617
1920s279#1,107 (1924)#1,422
1930s429#841 (1931)#988
1940s559#780 (1942)#892
1950s500#881 (1951)#1,059
1960s375#1,091 (1962)#1,278
1970s222#1,526 (1971)#2,099
1980s278#1,602 (1981)#2,096
1990s190#2,255 (1990)#3,662
2000s116#4,676 (2001)#6,722
2010s82#5,923 (2013)#8,478
2020s18#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 1980

girls
#4,148
18 births · 1 in 92,239 girls
boys
#2,110
25 births · 1 in 71,358 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #4,148Allyn18

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #2,110Allyn25
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 92,239 of them was named Allyn, which outranked 65.9% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allyn
  1. #3,992Yoana19
  2. #3,992Zainab19
  3. #3,992Zelda19
  4. #4,148Allyn18
  5. #4,148Aimie18
  6. #4,148Alanda18
  7. #4,148Aleia18
  8. #4,327Abagail17
  9. #4,327Aislinn17
  10. #4,327Allen17

Tied with 178 names at #4,148; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 71,358 of them was named Allyn, which outranked 71.1% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allyn
  1. #2,058Tyjuan26
  2. #2,058Tzvi26
  3. #2,058Valerie26
  4. #2,110Allyn25
  5. #2,110Adams25
  6. #2,110Addam25
  7. #2,110Aden25
  8. #2,162Alford24
  9. #2,162Antjuan24
  10. #2,162Armondo24

Tied with 51 names at #2,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →