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.

Alen

#2,840 most common boys' name of all time · #6,840 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1918–2025

Rank among boys
#2,840
Rank overall
#6,840 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
97 of 146
All-time
2,371
Since 2016
408
Peak year
2005 #1,638
Best rank
#1,638 2005
Girls Boys peak 83/yr
192019401960198020002020

Alen first appears in 1918. 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 — 36 36 #3,257
2024 — 52 52 #2,565
2023 — 39 39 #3,132
2022 — 45 45 #2,839
2021 — 44 44 #2,834
2020 — 40 40 #2,941
2019 — 31 31 #3,586
2018 — 35 35 #3,259
2017 — 38 38 #3,087
2016 — 48 48 #2,604
2015 — 51 51 #2,460
2014 — 51 51 #2,470
2013 — 47 47 #2,567
2012 — 49 49 #2,524
2011 — 46 46 #2,633
2010 — 47 47 #2,588
2009 — 49 49 #2,563
2008 — 60 60 #2,214
2007 — 71 71 #1,977
2006 — 62 62 #2,108
2005 — 83 83 #1,638
2004 — 68 68 #1,820
2003 — 62 62 #1,888
2002 — 43 43 #2,378
2001 — 63 63 #1,781
2000 — 59 59 #1,819
1999 — 38 38 #2,363
1998 — 38 38 #2,323
1997 — 34 34 #2,409
1996 — 38 38 #2,195
1995 — 25 25 #2,874
1994 — 27 27 #2,714
1993 — 27 27 #2,660
1992 — 36 36 #2,142
1991 — 37 37 #2,032
1990 — 24 24 #2,729
1989 — 20 20 #3,023
1988 — 22 22 #2,635
1987 — 17 17 #2,984
1986 — 22 22 #2,462
1985 — 16 16 #2,994
1984 — 12 12 #3,544
1983 — 19 19 #2,535
1982 — 14 14 #3,189
1981 — 18 18 #2,613
1980 — 27 27 #2,032
1979 — 18 18 #2,602
1978 — 10 10 #3,697
1977 — 11 11 #3,486
1976 — 16 16 #2,650
1975 — 7 7 #4,473
1974 — 14 14 #2,736
1973 — 20 20 #2,093
1972 — 12 12 #2,901
1971 — 12 12 #2,895
1970 — 10 10 #3,183
1969 — 9 9 #3,195
1968 — 8 8 #3,238
1967 — 9 9 #2,873
1966 — 19 19 #1,797
1965 — 13 13 #2,341
1964 — 17 17 #2,021
1963 — 14 14 #2,274
1962 — 17 17 #2,009
1961 — 18 18 #1,987
1960 — 16 16 #2,105
1959 — 13 13 #2,379
1958 — 12 12 #2,469
1957 — 16 16 #2,080
1956 — 15 15 #2,155
1955 — 10 10 #2,704
1954 — 13 13 #2,294
1953 — 8 8 #3,071
1951 — 12 12 #2,346
1950 — 8 8 #2,970
1949 — 7 7 #3,230
1948 — 12 12 #2,308
1947 — 10 10 #2,646
1946 — 10 10 #2,520
1945 — 8 8 #2,717
1944 — 10 10 #2,450
1942 — 5 5 #3,914
1941 — 8 8 #2,850
1940 — 9 9 #2,653
1939 — 8 8 #2,809
1937 — 5 5 #3,896
1936 — 6 6 #3,477
1935 — 8 8 #2,929
1930 — 5 5 #4,381
1928 — 5 5 #4,568
1926 — 8 8 #3,356
1925 — 11 11 #2,749
1924 — 7 7 #3,818
1923 — 5 5 #4,715
1922 — 7 7 #3,829
1920 — 5 5 #4,790
1918 — 5 5 #4,621