Alanson
#12,131 most common boys' name of all time · #31,105 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–1993
Rank among boys
#12,131
Rank overall
#31,105 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
28 of 146
All-time
185
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #2,484
Best rank
#2,484 1927
Girls
Boys
peak 12/yr
Alanson first appears in 1912. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,830 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,888 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,005 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,173 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,652 |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,984 |
| 1951 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,750 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,857 |
| 1948 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,857 |
| 1946 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,793 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 1940 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,285 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 1927 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,484 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,371 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,540 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,644 |
| 1923 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,300 |
| 1922 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,653 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,956 |
| 1919 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,876 |
| 1918 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,218 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,318 |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,752 |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,083 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,719 |