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.

Allen

#142 most common boys' name of all time · #293 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#142
Rank overall
#293 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
273,662
Since 2016
6,461
Peak year
1951 #72
Best rank
#71 1940
Girls Boys peak 5,203/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Allen is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 507 507 #578
2024 — 502 502 #572
2023 — 573 573 #517
2022 — 529 529 #561
2021 — 559 559 #524
2020 11 638 649 #463
2019 7 702 709 #436
2018 — 741 741 #421
2017 — 791 791 #403
2016 6 895 901 #370
2015 — 976 976 #349
2014 5 860 865 #367
2013 7 917 924 #348
2012 5 959 964 #329
2011 5 1,005 1,010 #317
2010 8 975 983 #322
2009 — 1,039 1,039 #310
2008 9 1,139 1,148 #294
2007 — 1,198 1,198 #287
2006 — 1,229 1,229 #283
2005 5 1,231 1,236 #271
2004 8 1,303 1,311 #255
2003 — 1,318 1,318 #250
2002 6 1,384 1,390 #246
2001 7 1,389 1,396 #243
2000 8 1,351 1,359 #249
1999 5 1,315 1,320 #244
1998 — 1,316 1,316 #239
1997 7 1,408 1,415 #218
1996 5 1,468 1,473 #212
1995 11 1,550 1,561 #197
1994 12 1,747 1,759 #179
1993 13 1,900 1,913 #168
1992 12 1,919 1,931 #165
1991 14 2,108 2,122 #154
1990 15 2,220 2,235 #141
1989 12 2,362 2,374 #130
1988 10 2,208 2,218 #134
1987 17 2,172 2,189 #128
1986 32 2,120 2,152 #128
1985 21 2,187 2,208 #128
1984 21 2,121 2,142 #128
1983 19 2,247 2,266 #120
1982 22 2,216 2,238 #122
1981 19 2,061 2,080 #131
1980 17 2,210 2,227 #124
1979 17 1,937 1,954 #139
1978 9 1,828 1,837 #145
1977 24 1,818 1,842 #144
1976 18 1,968 1,986 #134
1975 12 2,031 2,043 #127
1974 13 2,102 2,115 #125
1973 15 2,077 2,092 #124
1972 8 2,302 2,310 #123
1971 15 2,671 2,686 #120
1970 21 2,933 2,954 #113
1969 25 2,885 2,910 #111
1968 18 2,961 2,979 #100
1967 24 3,123 3,147 #100
1966 26 3,420 3,446 #97
1965 19 3,834 3,853 #92
1964 23 4,098 4,121 #93
1963 17 4,339 4,356 #90
1962 26 4,272 4,298 #93
1961 26 4,391 4,417 #96
1960 20 4,371 4,391 #99
1959 17 4,366 4,383 #97
1958 24 4,527 4,551 #92
1957 13 4,412 4,425 #91
1956 27 4,612 4,639 #87
1955 25 4,744 4,769 #84
1954 22 4,832 4,854 #82
1953 20 4,854 4,874 #81
1952 15 4,956 4,971 #78
1951 24 5,179 5,203 #72
1950 19 4,840 4,859 #71
1949 21 4,735 4,756 #71
1948 25 4,755 4,780 #72
1947 24 5,075 5,099 #73
1946 16 4,294 4,310 #74
1945 18 3,481 3,499 #74
1944 13 3,422 3,435 #77
1943 30 3,627 3,657 #76
1942 33 3,571 3,604 #71
1941 21 3,060 3,081 #73
1940 16 3,029 3,045 #71
1939 27 2,928 2,955 #72
1938 19 2,834 2,853 #73
1937 13 2,518 2,531 #76
1936 11 2,314 2,325 #81
1935 20 2,312 2,332 #83
1934 16 2,241 2,257 #88
1933 23 2,204 2,227 #84
1932 27 2,419 2,446 #80
1931 25 2,308 2,333 #79
1930 30 2,278 2,308 #85
1929 28 2,189 2,217 #86
1928 25 2,137 2,162 #93
1927 30 2,101 2,131 #95
1926 20 2,021 2,041 #93
1925 36 2,034 2,070 #94
1924 25 2,045 2,070 #94
1923 15 1,875 1,890 #97
1922 33 1,887 1,920 #95
1921 24 1,937 1,961 #94
1920 19 1,866 1,885 #94
1919 19 1,653 1,672 #101
1918 22 1,779 1,801 #98
1917 25 1,592 1,617 #100
1916 12 1,572 1,584 #101
1915 25 1,458 1,483 #99
1914 25 1,049 1,074 #105
1913 15 903 918 #100
1912 13 730 743 #103
1911 12 402 414 #98
1910 9 355 364 #92
1909 6 312 318 #93
1908 5 287 292 #92
1907 8 309 317 #85
1906 — 282 282 #84
1905 — 272 272 #88
1904 — 228 228 #96
1903 5 219 224 #91
1902 — 227 227 #89
1901 — 199 199 #88
1900 8 223 231 #104
1899 — 191 191 #91
1898 5 185 190 #103
1897 — 226 226 #82
1896 6 219 225 #91
1895 — 196 196 #98
1894 — 219 219 #89
1893 — 180 180 #99
1892 — 224 224 #89
1891 — 173 173 #94
1890 — 189 189 #90
1889 — 222 222 #79
1888 — 260 260 #75
1887 — 202 202 #81
1886 — 211 211 #82
1885 — 184 184 #87
1884 — 182 182 #87
1883 — 175 175 #82
1882 — 206 206 #80
1881 — 172 172 #81
1880 — 184 184 #82