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Baby name
Allan
Boy
Origin of the name
Allan is a spelling of Alan, a name of Celtic origin brought to England by the Bretons in 1066.
Classic name
96,458births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 132rank at its peak, in 1947
Where babies named Allan are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Allan is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Allan is most common in North Dakota (2.8 times), Hawaii (2.3) and Minnesota (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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