Alleen — girls' name
957 babies named Alleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Alleen was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Alleen in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 957 babies named Alleen between 1893 and 1992, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alleen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alleen performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 281 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Alleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Alleen in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alleen 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 957 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.
Alleen at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1893
- Peak year (1921)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 100 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
957 total births across 100 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 41 births in a single year.
Alleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 281 births that decade — 29% of Alleen's all-time total
Alleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 281 births
- Runner-up 222 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Alleen's strongest decade
281 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Alleen by state
Where Alleen concentrates geographically — total births since 1893
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
- Kentucky 1.1% of nationwide
- Missouri 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1893–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.