Alen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-an
- Origin
- Celtic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Alen is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Alen mean?
Celtic: spelling of Alan; Breton, brought to England by the Normans
Brought to England by Bretons who came with William the Conqueror; the meaning is uncertain.
Meaning borrowed from Alan. More on Wiktionary.
Is Alen a girl's or a boy's name?
Alen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Alen, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Alen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 92 boys in the UK were given Alen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #463, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Alen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Alen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Alen, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 83 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had fewer boys named Alen than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Alen in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,712 boys in the US were given Alen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #149, up from #3,239 for this spelling alone.
Alen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 52 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 51 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 47 | #2,560 |
| 2012 | 49 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 47 | #2,578 |
| 2009 | 49 | #2,559 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,206 |
| 2007 | 71 | #1,972 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,101 |
| 2005 | 83 | #1,633 |
| 2004 | 68 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 62 | #1,882 |
| 2002 | 43 | #2,368 |
| 2001 | 63 | #1,773 |
| 2000 | 59 | #1,811 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 38 | #2,309 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 37 | #2,013 |
| 1990 | 24 | #2,689 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 22 | #2,427 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 27 | #2,003 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 17 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,947 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 10 | #2,497 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,573 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Nicknames for Alen
- Al 19 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ali Austin Grayson Hudson Mason Ethan Asher Noah Abdul Roman Hunter Jaxon
Other spellings of Alen
Names related to Alen
More Celtic names
Arthur Imogen Gael Harvey Alana Tristan Vienna Lana Alaina Sabrina Alanna Bryce Devon Arturo Alannah Cedric
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alen, updated 20 October 2026.