Alan — #167 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alan

The Social Security Administration has registered 361,388 babies named Alan between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alan currently holds the #167 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 9,033 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alan performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 83,977 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Alan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 43,752 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Alan in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 361,388 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.