Allan
Allan was given to 223 boys in 2025, #1,013 among boys’ names; 96,711 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 55,900 Americans named Allan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (58% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 34 and 73.
Allan dropped 156 places in 2025, the #22 drop among the boys’ top 1,000 of 2024.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Allan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Allan mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Allan is “a male given name from the Celtic languages, a less common spelling of Alan.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Allan?
#1,013 among boys’ names, 2025
Allan fell from #659 in 2015 to #1,013 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.20 to 0.13 per 1,000.
2,192 babies in 1947, the peak
Allan peaked in 1947, when 2,192 babies were given it (2,187 boys, #132 among boys’ names). The 223 births of 2025 are 10% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 223 | #1,013 | 0.13 |
| 2024 | 283 | #857 | 0.16 |
| 2023 | 302 | #813 | 0.18 |
| 2022 | 301 | #824 | 0.17 |
| 2021 | 283 | #840 | 0.16 |
| 2020 | 278 | #826 | 0.16 |
| 2019 | 280 | #813 | 0.16 |
| 2018 | 294 | #782 | 0.16 |
| 2017 | 301 | #777 | 0.16 |
| 2016 | 329 | #742 | 0.17 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 392 | #659 | 0.20 |
| 2014 | 333 | #723 | 0.17 |
| 2013 | 370 | #656 | 0.20 |
| 2012 | 340 | #695 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | 350 | #675 | 0.18 |
| 2010 | 403 | #614 | 0.21 |
| 2009 | 471 | #561 | 0.24 |
| 2008 | 478 | #551 | 0.23 |
| 2007 | 506 | #518 | 0.24 |
| 2006 | 514 | #504 | 0.25 |
| 2005 | 555 | #461 | 0.28 |
| 2004 | 588 | #444 | 0.30 |
| 2003 | 625 | #412 | 0.32 |
| 2002 | 495 | #477 | 0.25 |
| 2001 | 489 | #483 | 0.25 |
| 2000 | 485 | #483 | 0.25 |
| 1999 | 515 | #445 | 0.27 |
| 1998 | 497 | #452 | 0.26 |
| 1997 | 486 | #452 | 0.26 |
| 1996 | 449 | #481 | 0.24 |
| 1995 | 539 | #422 | 0.28 |
| 1994 | 531 | #428 | 0.27 |
| 1993 | 574 | #403 | 0.29 |
| 1992 | 595 | #384 | 0.30 |
| 1991 | 601 | #377 | 0.30 |
| 1990 | 605 | #384 | 0.29 |
| 1989 | 591 | #378 | 0.30 |
| 1988 | 591 | #351 | 0.31 |
| 1987 | 539 | #361 | 0.29 |
| 1986 | 512 | #364 | 0.28 |
| 1985 | 519 | #356 | 0.28 |
| 1984 | 586 | #326 | 0.32 |
| 1983 | 589 | #323 | 0.33 |
| 1982 | 589 | #323 | 0.32 |
| 1981 | 552 | #335 | 0.31 |
| 1980 | 538 | #343 | 0.30 |
| 1979 | 528 | #342 | 0.31 |
| 1978 | 508 | #342 | 0.31 |
| 1977 | 491 | #353 | 0.30 |
| 1976 | 503 | #343 | 0.32 |
| 1975 | 575 | #313 | 0.37 |
| 1974 | 532 | #329 | 0.34 |
| 1973 | 560 | #314 | 0.36 |
| 1972 | 626 | #295 | 0.39 |
| 1971 | 778 | #272 | 0.44 |
| 1970 | 810 | #267 | 0.44 |
| 1969 | 812 | #257 | 0.45 |
| 1968 | 872 | #243 | 0.50 |
| 1967 | 859 | #239 | 0.49 |
| 1966 | 986 | #222 | 0.55 |
| 1965 | 1,094 | #219 | 0.59 |
| 1964 | 1,170 | #220 | 0.59 |
| 1963 | 1,220 | #220 | 0.60 |
| 1962 | 1,278 | #215 | 0.62 |
| 1961 | 1,347 | #211 | 0.63 |
| 1960 | 1,472 | #197 | 0.69 |
| 1959 | 1,443 | #200 | 0.68 |
| 1958 | 1,604 | #180 | 0.76 |
| 1957 | 1,571 | #187 | 0.73 |
| 1956 | 1,636 | #177 | 0.77 |
| 1955 | 1,841 | #157 | 0.89 |
| 1954 | 1,954 | #149 | 1.0 |
| 1953 | 1,856 | #153 | 0.94 |
| 1952 | 1,931 | #146 | 1.0 |
| 1951 | 1,970 | #137 | 1.0 |
| 1950 | 1,891 | #142 | 1.1 |
| 1949 | 1,933 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1948 | 2,063 | #132 | 1.2 |
| 1947 | 2,187 | #132 | 1.2 |
| 1946 | 2,061 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1945 | 1,582 | #137 | 1.2 |
| 1944 | 1,501 | #141 | 1.1 |
| 1943 | 1,639 | #136 | 1.1 |
| 1942 | 1,764 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1941 | 1,492 | #135 | 1.2 |
| 1940 | 1,608 | #115 | 1.4 |
| 1939 | 1,413 | #125 | 1.3 |
| 1938 | 1,540 | #119 | 1.4 |
| 1937 | 1,338 | #124 | 1.3 |
| 1936 | 1,129 | #138 | 1.1 |
| 1935 | 1,015 | #150 | 1.0 |
| 1934 | 993 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1933 | 936 | #154 | 0.94 |
| 1932 | 1,008 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1931 | 1,002 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1930 | 985 | #155 | 0.90 |
| 1929 | 930 | #161 | 0.86 |
| 1928 | 844 | #171 | 0.76 |
| 1927 | 721 | #196 | 0.64 |
| 1926 | 780 | #182 | 0.70 |
| 1925 | 719 | #193 | 0.64 |
| 1924 | 692 | #201 | 0.61 |
| 1923 | 598 | #216 | 0.55 |
| 1922 | 594 | #226 | 0.55 |
| 1921 | 576 | #231 | 0.52 |
| 1920 | 535 | #235 | 0.50 |
| 1919 | 481 | #240 | 0.49 |
| 1918 | 477 | #244 | 0.47 |
| 1917 | 451 | #238 | 0.49 |
| 1916 | 446 | #236 | 0.50 |
| 1915 | 441 | #227 | 0.52 |
| 1914 | 307 | #244 | 0.47 |
| 1913 | 230 | #249 | 0.45 |
| 1912 | 221 | #234 | 0.51 |
| 1911 | 101 | #255 | 0.45 |
| 1910 | 82 | #270 | 0.42 |
| 1909 | 74 | #259 | 0.45 |
| 1908 | 68 | #255 | 0.44 |
| 1907 | 53 | #292 | 0.36 |
| 1906 | 49 | #286 | 0.37 |
| 1905 | 48 | #284 | 0.36 |
| 1904 | 45 | #285 | 0.35 |
| 1903 | 37 | #310 | 0.31 |
| 1902 | 56 | #248 | 0.46 |
| 1901 | 39 | #275 | 0.37 |
| 1900 | 64 | #254 | 0.43 |
| 1899 | 28 | #336 | 0.26 |
| 1898 | 36 | #320 | 0.29 |
| 1897 | 30 | #339 | 0.27 |
| 1896 | 34 | #323 | 0.28 |
| 1895 | 22 | #415 | 0.19 |
| 1894 | 31 | #319 | 0.27 |
| 1893 | 28 | #331 | 0.25 |
| 1892 | 33 | #320 | 0.27 |
| 1891 | 19 | #398 | 0.19 |
| 1890 | 37 | #282 | 0.33 |
| 1889 | 31 | #313 | 0.28 |
| 1888 | 30 | #330 | 0.25 |
| 1887 | 21 | #356 | 0.21 |
| 1886 | 25 | #336 | 0.23 |
| 1885 | 19 | #411 | 0.18 |
| 1884 | 30 | #318 | 0.26 |
| 1883 | 19 | #403 | 0.18 |
| 1882 | 15 | #469 | 0.13 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 | 0.18 |
| 1880 | 20 | #381 | 0.18 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Allan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Allan has been given almost only to boys: 253 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Allan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Allan, and how old are they?
55,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 58% of the 96,711 Americans ever recorded as Allan. The median Allan alive today is 59 years old; half are between 34 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 69,671 people named Allan (148 women and girls, 69,523 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 61,696 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 5,070 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 20,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 9,720 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 8,550 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 7,660 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,940 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Allan born?
The states with the most babies named Allan are New York, California and Illinois, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 11,729 | #915 | 1.5× |
| California | 9,517 | #990 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 5,645 | #634 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 5,126 | #704 | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 4,732 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Texas | 4,413 | #791 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 4,181 | #1,271 | 0.9× |
| Massachusetts | 3,903 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Wisconsin | 3,708 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Minnesota | 3,578 | not ranked | 1.8× |
Where Allan is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Allan is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 1.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Allan with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 748,165 babies since 1880, Allan is the third most given (13% of them). In 2025 it was given to 223 of their 2,822 babies (7.9%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Allan
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Allan and names like it
- Compare Allan and AlanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sAllan peaked in 1947.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Allan since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Allan.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Allan alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.