Boys' name · since 2009
Altan
145 babies named Altan in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,962 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,090 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Altan is the #7090 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 145 recorded since 2009.
Altan has 145 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7090 as of the latest data, more common than 49% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #14,962 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,090 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 145 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Altan ranks #14,962 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,090 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 145 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,962 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,090 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Altan's 145 recorded births place it above 67.02% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Altan compares
145 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Altan's all-time total is 61% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Altan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 145 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Altan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Altan's SSA record in two at 2018 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 2009, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Altan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Altan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (82 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Altan's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Altan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 82 births (57% of all-time use).
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What to do with Altan's data
- Altan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (82 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Altan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 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, 2009–2025 (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 Altan 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.