Alan Boy
How popular is Alan?
#191 boy name in 2025
1,915 baby boys were named Alan in the US in 2025, making it the 191st most popular boy name.
Alan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #191 for boys (▼ 24 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,915 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-23% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #167 in 2015, #194 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1955 (9,037 boys) |
| Highest rank | #40 in 1951 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alan 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 Alan is most popular
Babies named Alan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 2.0 per 1,000 (1,788 boys)
- California: 1.9 per 1,000 (1,780 boys)
- Nevada: 1.9 per 1,000 (109 boys)
- Arizona: 1.8 per 1,000 (297 boys)
- Illinois: 1.8 per 1,000 (452 boys)
Alan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 51 | #604 |
| 1890s | 144 | #426 |
| 1900s | 293 | #348 |
| 1910s | 2,020 | #299 |
| 1920s | 7,013 | #146 |
| 1930s | 16,374 | #85 |
| 1940s | 50,302 | #45 |
| 1950s | 83,976 | #40 |
| 1960s | 61,392 | #50 |
| 1970s | 24,813 | #91 |
| 1980s | 26,825 | #102 |
| 1990s | 24,094 | #126 |
| 2000s | 29,647 | #122 |
| 2010s | 24,199 | #153 |
| 2020s | 12,170 | #167 |
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Questions
- Is Alan a boy or girl name?
- Alan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alan were boys.
- How popular is the name Alan?
- 1,915 baby boys were named Alan in the US in 2025, making it the 191st most popular boy name.
- When was Alan most popular?
- Alan peaked in 1955, when 9,037 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #40 in 1951.
- How many people are named Alan?
- 364,389 babies have been named Alan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 273,733 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 56.
- Where is Alan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alan was most common in Texas, at 2.0 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.