Girls' name · since 1929
Aljean
Aljean has 77 recorded births since 1929 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1929 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,996 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1929
- 1940s
- peak decade
77 girls have been named Aljean since 1929, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Aljean has 77 recorded births among girls since 1929, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1951.
- #29,996 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 77 born since 1929
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aljean ranks #29,996 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 77 born since 1929, peaking in the 1940s.
- #29,996 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1929
- 1940s
- peak decade
Aljean's 77 recorded births place it above 58.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aljean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aljean's SSA record in two at 1942 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1941, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1929 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aljean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1951
- Peak year (1929)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Aljean by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (38 births, 49% of the file).
1940s was Aljean's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Aljean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 9
1920s
9 births
- 1930s
1930s
23 births
- 1940s
1940s
38 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 38 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Aljean's decade-level peak was the 1940s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aljean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1929–1951 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aljean draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.