Alen Boy
How popular is Alen?
#3,239 boy name in 2025
36 baby boys were named Alen in the US in 2025, making it the 3239th most popular boy name.
Alen popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,239 for boys (▼ 680 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 36 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,456 in 2015, #2,924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (83 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,633 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alan family of names ranked #134 for boys in 2025 (#121 the year before), with 2,835 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alan | 1,915 | 68% |
| Allen | 507 | 18% |
| Allan | 223 | 8% |
| Aylan | 72 | 3% |
| Alain | 44 | 2% |
| Alen | 36 | 1% |
| Alon | 18 | 1% |
| Ailan | 7 | 0% |
| Alann | 7 | 0% |
| Aylon | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alen is most popular
Babies named Alen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (55 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Alen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1920s | 48 | #2,586 |
| 1930s | 32 | #2,609 |
| 1940s | 79 | #2,217 |
| 1950s | 107 | #2,018 |
| 1960s | 140 | #1,756 |
| 1970s | 130 | #2,035 |
| 1980s | 187 | #2,003 |
| 1990s | 324 | #2,013 |
| 2000s | 620 | #1,633 |
| 2010s | 443 | #2,456 |
| 2020s | 256 | #2,559 |
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Questions
- Is Alen a boy or girl name?
- Alen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alen were boys.
- How popular is the name Alen?
- 36 baby boys were named Alen in the US in 2025, making it the 3239th most popular boy name.
- When was Alen most popular?
- Alen peaked in 2005, when 83 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,633 in 2005.
- How many people are named Alen?
- 2,371 babies have been named Alen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,150 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Alen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alen was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.