Allene
Allene was given to 7 girls in 2025, #11,995 among girls’ names; 8,767 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,060 Americans named Allene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 74 years old and half are between 58 and 83.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Allene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Allene mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Allene is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Allene?
#11,995 among girls’ names, 2025
Allene rose from #16,562 in 2015 to #11,995 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 2.8 to 4.4 per million.
317 babies in 1926, the peak
Allene peaked in 1926, when 317 girls were given it, #383 among girls’ names. The 7 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,995 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,224 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,832 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,562 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,685 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,059 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,263 | under 0.01 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,228 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,504 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,733 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 11 | #9,932 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,906 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,285 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,710 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,159 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,780 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,595 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,501 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,614 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,765 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,606 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,786 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,682 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,964 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,013 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,998 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,552 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,893 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,329 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,002 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,761 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,348 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,827 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,325 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,719 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,896 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,423 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,243 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,465 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,898 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,912 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,167 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,465 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,365 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,898 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,804 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,031 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,845 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 21 | #2,789 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,378 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,453 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 33 | #2,033 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,835 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,623 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,814 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,838 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,309 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 50 | #1,537 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,702 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,507 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,532 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,515 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 72 | #1,179 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 59 | #1,260 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 63 | #1,194 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 86 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 78 | #1,033 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 90 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 92 | #906 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 94 | #914 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 98 | #832 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 101 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 93 | #793 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 96 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 75 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1941 | 102 | #693 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 89 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 101 | #674 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 108 | #659 | 0.10 |
| 1937 | 128 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1936 | 131 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1935 | 157 | #510 | 0.15 |
| 1934 | 174 | #488 | 0.17 |
| 1933 | 189 | #472 | 0.19 |
| 1932 | 178 | #495 | 0.17 |
| 1931 | 181 | #474 | 0.17 |
| 1930 | 184 | #491 | 0.16 |
| 1929 | 200 | #476 | 0.18 |
| 1928 | 232 | #449 | 0.20 |
| 1927 | 273 | #414 | 0.23 |
| 1926 | 317 | #383 | 0.27 |
| 1925 | 280 | #413 | 0.23 |
| 1924 | 208 | #483 | 0.17 |
| 1923 | 244 | #431 | 0.20 |
| 1922 | 236 | #440 | 0.20 |
| 1921 | 244 | #437 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 271 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1919 | 214 | #451 | 0.19 |
| 1918 | 230 | #437 | 0.20 |
| 1917 | 228 | #422 | 0.21 |
| 1916 | 206 | #440 | 0.20 |
| 1915 | 202 | #428 | 0.21 |
| 1914 | 160 | #424 | 0.21 |
| 1913 | 128 | #437 | 0.20 |
| 1912 | 152 | #375 | 0.27 |
| 1911 | 88 | #434 | 0.21 |
| 1910 | 86 | #427 | 0.22 |
| 1909 | 64 | #468 | 0.18 |
| 1908 | 65 | #448 | 0.19 |
| 1907 | 46 | #529 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 59 | #444 | 0.20 |
| 1905 | 39 | #556 | 0.13 |
| 1904 | 49 | #469 | 0.18 |
| 1903 | 35 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 41 | #491 | 0.16 |
| 1901 | 34 | #520 | 0.14 |
| 1900 | 38 | #557 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 20 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 34 | #544 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 19 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 28 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 21 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 26 | #568 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 15 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,018 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 20 | #589 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 19 | #599 | 0.10 |
| 1889 | 15 | #658 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 10 | #839 | 0.06 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,152 | 0.03 |
| 1886 | 7 | #899 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,050 | 0.04 |
| 1883 | 6 | #819 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 5 | #912 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 6 | #742 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Allene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Allene has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 135 years of records.
Girls and boys named Allene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Allene, and how old are they?
2,060 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 24% of the 8,767 Americans ever recorded as Allene. The median Allene alive today is 74 years old; half are between 58 and 83.
The 2020 Census counted 2,555 people named Allene (2,544 women and girls, 11 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,762 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 613 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 827 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 250 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 171 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 134 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 40 |
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 Allene born?
The states with the most babies named Allene are Georgia, Texas and Kentucky, with 37% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 713 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Texas | 705 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Kentucky | 517 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| North Carolina | 407 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Tennessee | 298 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Oklahoma | 281 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Missouri | 278 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Mississippi | 269 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Arkansas | 244 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| California | 208 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Allene is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Allene is most over-represented in Georgia: since 1910 it was given 2.8 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 girls’ 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 Allene 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 68,168 babies since 1880, Allene is the fourth most given (13% of them). In 2025 it was given to 7 of their 968 babies (<1%), the seventh most given that year.
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 Allene
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 Allene and names like it
- Compare Allene and AlenaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAllene peaked in 1926.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Allene since 1910.
- The top names of 1926The year the most babies were named Allene.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Allene alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.