Allen — #573 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Allen

The Social Security Administration has registered 271,282 babies named Allen between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Allen currently holds the #573 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 5,179 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Allen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 47,321 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Allen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 20,266 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Allen in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Allen 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 271,282 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.