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Allan

Rank in 2024
#857
Born in 2024
283
Peak year
1947 · #132
Origin
Celtic

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 283 boys were named Allan, about 1 in every 6,061.
  • It peaked in 1947 with 2,187 babies, ranked #132.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 96,230 boys have been named Allan since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Allan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.5
    Greatest
  2. 1.1
    Silent
  3. 0.9
    Boomers
  4. 0.4
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 8,921 babies, 0.53 per 1,000. Silent: 22,719 babies, 1.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 32,424 babies, 0.86 per 1,000. Gen X: 11,072 babies, 0.41 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,962 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,797 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,745 babies, 0.17 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A male given name from the Celtic languages, a less common spelling of Alan.
  • A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name, more often spelled Allen.
Origin
Celtic
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Allan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Alan

    Rank
    #167
    Born '24
    2,183
    Origin
    Celtic
    1880peak 19552024
  • GirlBoyNew this generation

    Elian

    Rank
    #237
    Born '24
    1,495
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20242024
  • GirlBoyCooling

    Allen

    Rank
    #574
    Born '24
    497
    Origin
    Celtic
    1880peak 19512024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Ilan

    Rank
    #1,450
    Born '24
    125
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 20232024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Alen

    Rank
    #2,584
    Born '24
    52
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20052024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Elan

    Rank
    #2,655
    Born '24
    50
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 20112024