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Allen
Pronounced /ˈæ.lən/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1925 · #1345
Origin
Celtic
Also recorded for boys:497 in 2024 (#574)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No girls were recorded as Allen in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1925 with 36 babies, ranked #1345.
- It first shows up in the records in 1896.
- 1,866 girls have been named Allen since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Allen per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 403 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 395 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 404 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 281 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 255 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 73 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 36 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- An English and Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Alan.
- A male given name from the Celtic languages, a variant of Alan; in modern use often transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Celtic
- Say it
- /ˈæ.lən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Allen, CC BY-SA 4.0.