Allan
Allan is ranked 851st among boys in 2024 (283 births). Its best rank was 115th, in 1940.
- Rank in 2024
- #851down 39 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2830.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 19472,187 births
- Best rank
- #115in 1940
- Since 1880
- 96,230people given the name
The story in the numbers
96,230 boys have been named Allan in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1947, with 2,187 births — 0.12% of all boys recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 723 → 851).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1940s alone account for 19%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Allan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 228 | |
| 1890s | 298 | |
| 1900s | 533 | |
| 1910s | 3,237 | |
| 1920s | 6,989 | |
| 1930s | 11,359 | |
| 1940s | 17,829 | |
| 1950s | 17,696 | |
| 1960s | 11,108 | |
| 1970s | 5,911 | |
| 1980s | 5,605 | |
| 1990s | 5,393 | |
| 2000s | 5,206 | |
| 2010s | 3,391 | |
| 2020s | 1,447 |
In 1947, its biggest year
Allan was the 132nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1947 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1947.
Names that rose and fell with Allan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bennypeak 1948
- Freddiepeak 1947
- Richardpeak 1946
- Jeromepeak 1954
- Waynepeak 1947
- Valpeak 1952
- Fredricpeak 1947
- Lawrancepeak 1950
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.