Allen

Boy · English

Allen is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 578th for boys in the US (507 babies).

What does Allen mean?

English

An English and Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Alan.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Allen a girl's or a boy's name?

Allen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 507 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Allen in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #3,329among boys
Babies in 2025: 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 18% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Allen, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 23 boys.

Half of all the boys named Allen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 92 boys in the UK were given Allen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #463, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.

Alan 77
Allen 6
Allan 5
Alen 4

Girls were 30% of the babies named Allen in the UK in 2019, and 11% in 2023.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 23 in 20072025

Allen in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	6	#3,329
2024	4	#4,346
2023	16	#1,643
2022	9	#2,457
2021	4	#4,188
2020	9	#2,359
2019	7	#2,878
2018	6	#3,162
2017	11	#2,174
2016	11	#2,143
2015	9	#2,425
2014	10	#2,207
2013	11	#2,033
2012	12	#1,956
2011	10	#2,158
2010	8	#2,534
2009	10	#2,084
2008	7	#2,616
2007	23	#1,139
2006	9	#1,995
2005	15	#1,384
2004	18	#1,140
2003	11	#1,498
2002	7	#1,900
2001	3	#3,255
2000	11	#1,308
1999	8	#1,582
1998	6	#1,932
1997	10	#1,319
1996	13	#1,083

How popular is Allen in the US?

Rank in 2025: #578among boys
Babies in 2025: 507about 1 in 3,400 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 24% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 507 boys in the US were named Allen, making it the 578th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 463rd. Its busiest year was 1951, with 5,179 boys.

Half of all the boys named Allen in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,712 boys in the US were given Allen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #149, up from #578 for this spelling alone.

Alan 1,915
Allen 507
Allan 223
Alen 36
Alon 18
Alann 7
Alyn 6

1880Busiest: 5,179 in 19512025

Allen in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	507	#578
2024	502	#572
2023	573	#517
2022	529	#561
2021	559	#524
2020	638	#463
2019	702	#436
2018	741	#421
2017	791	#403
2016	895	#370
2015	976	#349
2014	860	#367
2013	917	#348
2012	959	#329
2011	1,005	#317
2010	975	#322
2009	1,039	#310
2008	1,139	#293
2007	1,198	#287
2006	1,229	#283
2005	1,231	#271
2004	1,303	#255
2003	1,318	#250
2002	1,384	#246
2001	1,389	#243
2000	1,351	#249
1999	1,315	#244
1998	1,316	#239
1997	1,408	#218
1996	1,468	#212
1995	1,550	#197
1994	1,747	#179
1993	1,900	#168
1992	1,919	#165
1991	2,108	#154
1990	2,220	#141
1989	2,362	#130
1988	2,208	#134
1987	2,172	#128
1986	2,120	#128
1985	2,187	#128
1984	2,121	#128
1983	2,247	#120
1982	2,216	#122
1981	2,061	#131
1980	2,210	#124
1979	1,937	#139
1978	1,828	#145
1977	1,818	#144
1976	1,968	#134
1975	2,031	#127
1974	2,102	#125
1973	2,077	#124
1972	2,302	#123
1971	2,671	#120
1970	2,933	#113
1969	2,885	#111
1968	2,961	#100
1967	3,123	#100
1966	3,420	#97
1965	3,834	#92
1964	4,098	#93
1963	4,339	#90
1962	4,272	#93
1961	4,391	#96
1960	4,371	#99
1959	4,366	#97
1958	4,527	#92
1957	4,412	#91
1956	4,612	#87
1955	4,744	#84
1954	4,832	#82
1953	4,854	#81
1952	4,956	#78
1951	5,179	#72
1950	4,840	#71
1949	4,735	#71
1948	4,755	#72
1947	5,075	#73
1946	4,294	#74
1945	3,481	#74
1944	3,422	#77
1943	3,627	#76
1942	3,571	#71
1941	3,060	#73
1940	3,029	#71
1939	2,928	#72
1938	2,834	#73
1937	2,518	#76
1936	2,314	#81
1935	2,312	#83
1934	2,241	#88
1933	2,204	#84
1932	2,419	#80
1931	2,308	#79
1930	2,278	#85
1929	2,189	#86
1928	2,137	#93
1927	2,101	#95
1926	2,021	#93
1925	2,034	#94
1924	2,045	#94
1923	1,875	#97
1922	1,887	#95
1921	1,937	#94
1920	1,866	#94
1919	1,653	#101
1918	1,779	#98
1917	1,592	#100
1916	1,572	#101
1915	1,458	#99
1914	1,049	#105
1913	903	#100
1912	730	#103
1911	402	#98
1910	355	#92
1909	312	#93
1908	287	#92
1907	309	#85
1906	282	#84
1905	272	#88
1904	228	#96
1903	219	#91
1902	227	#89
1901	199	#88
1900	223	#104
1899	191	#91
1898	185	#103
1897	226	#82
1896	219	#91
1895	196	#98
1894	219	#89
1893	180	#99
1892	224	#89
1891	173	#94
1890	189	#90
1889	222	#79
1888	260	#75
1887	202	#81
1886	211	#82
1885	184	#87
1884	182	#87
1883	175	#82
1882	206	#80
1881	172	#80
1880	184	#82

Names like Allen

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Allen

Alan Allan Alen Alon Alann Alyn

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