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.

Allyn**

#1,709 most common boys' name of all time · #4,147 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1908–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,709
Rank overall
#4,147 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
5,138
Since 2016
134
Peak year
1951 #889
Best rank
#784 1942
Girls Boys peak 152/yr
192019401960198020002020

Allyn first appears in 1908. 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 7 7
2024 7 8 15 #9,045
2023 9 5 14 #12,338
2022 10 5 15 #12,419
2021 10 10
2020 10 10
2019 7 10 17 #7,679
2018 10 10
2017 6 7 13 #9,743
2016 12 11 23 #7,181
2015 21 7 28 #9,633
2014 18 8 26 #8,834
2013 19 14 33 #5,954
2012 26 9 35 #8,201
2011 22 5 27 #12,370
2010 12 11 23 #7,114
2009 15 15 30 #5,824
2008 18 6 24 #11,112
2007 18 12 30 #6,658
2006 22 14 36 #5,807
2005 17 15 32 #5,301
2004 24 10 34 #7,025
2003 16 7 23 #8,705
2002 16 11 27 #6,127
2001 27 16 43 #4,692
2000 22 10 32 #6,364
1999 31 14 45 #4,793
1998 30 17 47 #4,042
1997 18 20 38 #3,478
1996 18 11 29 #5,231
1995 22 15 37 #4,083
1994 24 16 40 #3,929
1993 34 22 56 #3,062
1992 41 24 65 #2,851
1991 36 20 56 #3,137
1990 38 31 69 #2,268
1989 32 21 53 #2,922
1988 36 32 68 #1,998
1987 24 26 50 #2,238
1986 20 24 44 #2,309
1985 27 31 58 #1,885
1984 18 22 40 #2,307
1983 20 27 47 #1,976
1982 16 33 49 #1,748
1981 18 37 55 #1,616
1980 18 25 43 #2,123
1979 10 17 27 #2,697
1978 18 24 42 #2,026
1977 17 27 44 #1,876
1976 16 16 #2,628
1975 9 20 29 #2,233
1974 15 14 29 #2,709
1973 7 24 31 #1,839
1972 15 22 37 #1,937
1971 15 32 47 #1,545
1970 6 26 32 #1,718
1969 12 35 47 #1,367
1968 15 26 41 #1,560
1967 24 29 53 #1,431
1966 21 39 60 #1,208
1965 21 37 58 #1,260
1964 25 39 64 #1,250
1963 27 40 67 #1,235
1962 29 49 78 #1,102
1961 35 41 76 #1,246
1960 27 40 67 #1,247
1959 17 41 58 #1,219
1958 16 41 57 #1,215
1957 19 42 61 #1,210
1956 20 53 73 #1,038
1955 38 60 98 #973
1954 37 55 92 #1,013
1953 52 46 98 #1,085
1952 60 51 111 #1,010
1951 89 63 152 #889
1950 65 48 113 #1,018
1949 32 46 78 #1,046
1948 15 52 67 #969
1947 16 71 87 #829
1946 27 71 98 #792
1945 12 43 55 #982
1944 14 57 71 #838
1943 11 57 68 #892
1942 8 68 76 #784
1941 12 48 60 #924
1940 5 46 51 #950
1939 7 46 53 #928
1938 6 40 46 #1,026
1937 5 47 52 #919
1936 5 38 43 #1,047
1935 45 45 #953
1934 39 39 #1,053
1933 41 41 #1,010
1932 6 35 41 #1,152
1931 6 56 62 #854
1930 5 42 47 #1,078
1929 27 27 #1,407
1928 31 31 #1,317
1927 33 33 #1,288
1926 5 22 27 #1,654
1925 11 25 36 #1,527
1924 5 42 47 #1,115
1923 7 27 34 #1,453
1922 26 26 #1,492
1921 5 22 27 #1,691
1920 24 24 #1,579
1919 25 25 #1,472
1918 7 35 42 #1,186
1917 24 24 #1,472
1916 27 27 #1,332
1915 9 9 #2,711
1914 19 19 #1,432
1913 12 12 #1,654
1912 8 8 #1,992
1911 5 5 #1,908
1910 5 5 #1,781
1908 6 6 #1,359