Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alan

#96 most common boys' name of all time · #200 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#96
Rank overall
#200 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
364,389
Since 2016
21,649
Peak year
1955 #43
Best rank
#40 1951
Girls Boys peak 9,052/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Alan first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,915 1,915 #191
2024 — 2,188 2,188 #167
2023 — 2,164 2,164 #168
2022 — 2,006 2,006 #190
2021 — 1,931 1,931 #197
2020 — 1,966 1,966 #194
2019 — 2,142 2,142 #182
2018 5 2,250 2,255 #174
2017 5 2,442 2,447 #159
2016 5 2,630 2,635 #155
2015 13 2,487 2,500 #167
2014 9 2,500 2,509 #170
2013 9 2,607 2,616 #153
2012 12 2,285 2,297 #170
2011 9 2,343 2,352 #164
2010 — 2,513 2,513 #156
2009 7 2,847 2,854 #142
2008 — 3,027 3,027 #135
2007 8 3,249 3,257 #130
2006 6 3,475 3,481 #122
2005 13 3,205 3,218 #128
2004 17 3,062 3,079 #132
2003 17 3,098 3,115 #131
2002 7 2,625 2,632 #150
2001 7 2,644 2,651 #148
2000 12 2,415 2,427 #161
1999 8 2,249 2,257 #164
1998 5 2,138 2,143 #161
1997 7 2,177 2,184 #158
1996 9 2,447 2,456 #143
1995 9 2,293 2,302 #153
1994 9 2,435 2,444 #144
1993 11 2,564 2,575 #132
1992 15 2,606 2,621 #129
1991 16 2,545 2,561 #128
1990 15 2,640 2,655 #126
1989 15 2,733 2,748 #120
1988 16 2,754 2,770 #110
1987 25 2,586 2,611 #112
1986 21 2,648 2,669 #107
1985 19 2,684 2,703 #109
1984 19 2,702 2,721 #105
1983 13 2,771 2,784 #102
1982 15 2,687 2,702 #107
1981 9 2,589 2,598 #112
1980 20 2,671 2,691 #112
1979 11 2,322 2,333 #116
1978 13 2,122 2,135 #122
1977 14 2,134 2,148 #127
1976 19 2,186 2,205 #115
1975 15 2,248 2,263 #115
1974 12 2,231 2,243 #118
1973 14 2,269 2,283 #115
1972 9 2,580 2,589 #110
1971 15 3,168 3,183 #99
1970 23 3,553 3,576 #91
1969 17 3,852 3,869 #76
1968 20 3,976 3,996 #74
1967 14 4,572 4,586 #61
1966 10 4,943 4,953 #57
1965 17 5,612 5,629 #59
1964 24 6,810 6,834 #53
1963 22 6,935 6,957 #56
1962 28 7,719 7,747 #53
1961 22 8,617 8,639 #51
1960 21 8,356 8,377 #50
1959 18 8,151 8,169 #50
1958 14 8,226 8,240 #49
1957 18 8,208 8,226 #48
1956 12 8,734 8,746 #44
1955 15 9,037 9,052 #43
1954 14 8,711 8,725 #43
1953 11 8,454 8,465 #43
1952 12 8,310 8,322 #42
1951 15 8,408 8,423 #40
1950 13 7,737 7,750 #41
1949 14 7,255 7,269 #45
1948 10 7,394 7,404 #46
1947 19 7,823 7,842 #45
1946 7 6,490 6,497 #49
1945 9 5,073 5,082 #52
1944 8 4,277 4,285 #55
1943 5 3,855 3,860 #67
1942 7 3,134 3,141 #81
1941 5 2,624 2,629 #84
1940 6 2,377 2,383 #88
1939 6 2,330 2,336 #85
1938 — 2,241 2,241 #91
1937 — 1,846 1,846 #103
1936 — 1,755 1,755 #108
1935 — 1,425 1,425 #122
1934 — 1,369 1,369 #124
1933 7 1,345 1,352 #122
1932 8 1,339 1,347 #127
1931 5 1,423 1,428 #120
1930 9 1,301 1,310 #136
1929 8 1,101 1,109 #146
1928 7 964 971 #157
1927 7 808 815 #179
1926 5 836 841 #174
1925 — 804 804 #180
1924 — 625 625 #217
1923 — 588 588 #222
1922 — 479 479 #257
1921 5 375 380 #290
1920 — 433 433 #266
1919 — 330 330 #300
1918 — 333 333 #304
1917 — 310 310 #299
1916 — 251 251 #338
1915 — 238 238 #346
1914 — 184 184 #344
1913 — 158 158 #321
1912 — 102 102 #381
1911 — 55 55 #382
1910 — 59 59 #323
1909 — 45 45 #354
1908 — 31 31 #435
1907 — 38 38 #363
1906 — 28 28 #423
1905 — 23 23 #475
1904 — 29 29 #389
1903 — 25 25 #400
1902 — 27 27 #386
1901 — 20 20 #432
1900 — 27 27 #444
1899 — 16 16 #500
1898 — 14 14 #604
1897 — 19 19 #458
1896 — 13 13 #637
1895 — 21 21 #436
1894 — 11 11 #665
1893 — 12 12 #612
1892 — 17 17 #494
1891 — 9 9 #693
1890 — 12 12 #602
1889 — 10 10 #669
1888 — 6 6 #995
1887 — 5 5 #1,014
1886 — 5 5 #1,046
1885 — 10 10 #639
1884 — 9 9 #696
1882 — 6 6 #912