Baby name

Allen

Boy

Origin of the name

Allen is a form of Alan, a name of Celtic origin brought to England after 1066.

Classic name

1951 was its best year: 5,179 births, or 1 baby in 711. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 146 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 578.

271,796births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 72rank at its peak, in 1951

Where babies named Allen are born

1951

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The darker the blue, the more common Allen is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Allen is most common in North Dakota (2 times), South Dakota (1.8) and Louisiana (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Allan 96,458
Alden 18,221
Callen 9,501
Arlen 7,345
Allyn 3,223
Kallen 2,743

Names from the same era

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