Allen Boy
How popular is Allen?
#578 boy name in 2025
507 baby boys were named Allen in the US in 2025, making it the 578th most popular boy name.
Allen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #578 for boys (▼ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 507 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #349 in 2015, #463 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1951 (5,179 boys) |
| Highest rank | #71 in 1940 (4 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Allen 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 Allen is most popular
Babies named Allen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.6 per 1,000 (65 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.6 per 1,000 (158 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.5 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Ohio: 0.5 per 1,000 (122 boys)
- Washington: 0.4 per 1,000 (68 boys)
Allen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,998 | #75 |
| 1890s | 2,002 | #82 |
| 1900s | 2,558 | #84 |
| 1910s | 11,493 | #92 |
| 1920s | 20,092 | #86 |
| 1930s | 24,356 | #72 |
| 1940s | 39,049 | #71 |
| 1950s | 47,322 | #71 |
| 1960s | 37,694 | #90 |
| 1970s | 21,667 | #113 |
| 1980s | 21,904 | #120 |
| 1990s | 16,951 | #141 |
| 2000s | 12,581 | #243 |
| 2010s | 8,821 | #317 |
| 2020s | 3,308 | #463 |
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Questions
- Is Allen a boy or girl name?
- Allen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Allen were boys.
- How popular is the name Allen?
- 507 baby boys were named Allen in the US in 2025, making it the 578th most popular boy name.
- When was Allen most popular?
- Allen peaked in 1951, when 5,179 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #71, held for 4 years starting in 1940.
- How many people are named Allen?
- 273,662 babies have been named Allen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 169,192 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 58.
- Where is Allen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Allen was most common in Louisiana, at 0.6 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.