Allan Boy
How popular is Allan?
#1,012 boy name in 2025
223 baby boys were named Allan in the US in 2025, making it the 1012th most popular boy name.
Allan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,012 for boys (▼ 155 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 223 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-43% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #659 in 2015, #826 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1947 (2,187 boys) |
| Highest rank | #115 in 1940 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Allan 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 Allan is most popular
Babies named Allan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.4 per 1,000 (209 boys)
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.2 per 1,000 (46 boys)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (189 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (85 boys)
Allan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 228 | #313 |
| 1890s | 298 | #282 |
| 1900s | 533 | #248 |
| 1910s | 3,237 | #227 |
| 1920s | 6,989 | #161 |
| 1930s | 11,359 | #119 |
| 1940s | 17,830 | #115 |
| 1950s | 17,697 | #137 |
| 1960s | 11,110 | #197 |
| 1970s | 5,911 | #267 |
| 1980s | 5,606 | #323 |
| 1990s | 5,392 | #377 |
| 2000s | 5,206 | #412 |
| 2010s | 3,392 | #614 |
| 2020s | 1,670 | #813 |
Boy names about as popular as Allan
Questions
- Is Allan a boy or girl name?
- Allan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Allan were boys.
- How popular is the name Allan?
- 223 baby boys were named Allan in the US in 2025, making it the 1012th most popular boy name.
- When was Allan most popular?
- Allan peaked in 1947, when 2,187 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #115 in 1940.
- How many people are named Allan?
- 96,711 babies have been named Allan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 58,076 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 60.
- Where is Allan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Allan was most common in Florida, at 0.4 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.