How Many People Are Named Allen?
people named Allen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,054 people in the US has this name
Based on 273,662 babies named Allen in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
5,203 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ALAN. A famous bearer of this name was Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), an American beat poet. Another is the American film director and actor Woody Allen (1935-), who took the stage name Allen from his real first name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Allen in English. Counting Allen and these spellings together, about 493,661 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Allen, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Allen alive today is about 52 years old, and 45% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 36 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Allen first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1951, to 5,203 babies. In 2025, 507 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Allen never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #71, in 1940, 1942 and 1949 to 1950, and it was in the top 100 in 83 years between 1880 and 1968. In 2025 it ranked #578.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #578 |
| Best rank | #71 (1940, 1942 and 1949 to 1950) |
| Years in the top 100 | 83 (1880 to 1968) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #84 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Allen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Allen were born in California than in any other state: about 15,643 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Allen was given 1.8 times as often in North Dakota, 1.6 times in Louisiana and 1.5 times in South Dakota.
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