Alen
Alen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 52 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 520.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200583 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1918
- 2,335people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,335 boys have been named Alen in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 83 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 27%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Alen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 48 | |
| 1930s | 32 | |
| 1940s | 79 | |
| 1950s | 107 | |
| 1960s | 140 | |
| 1970s | 130 | |
| 1980s | 187 | |
| 1990s | 324 | |
| 2000s | 620 | |
| 2010s | 443 | |
| 2020s | 220 |
In 2005, its biggest year
Alen was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2005 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Alen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Quinpeak 2004
- Jhonnypeak 2006
- Mauriciopeak 2008
- Estebanpeak 2005
- Rodrigopeak 2007
- Moisespeak 2001
- Noepeak 2007
- Konradpeak 2010
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.