Allen

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #578in 2025
  • 1 in 3,368boys in 2025
  • −42%last ten years
  • 2.3×in Louisiana

Most popular in 1947.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,3872,77418801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Allen, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,665
18811,707
18821,812
18831,673
18841,590
18851,707
18861,905
18871,992
18882,151
18892,008
18901,702
18911,710
18921,836
18931,603
18941,892
18951,670
18961,832
18972,004
18981,508
18991,798
19001,482
19011,869
19021,851
19031,837
19041,780
19052,056
19062,118
19072,105
19081,860
19091,902
19101,828
19111,779
19121,698
19131,762
19141,602
19151,718
19161,766
19171,720
19181,755
19191,687
19201,753
19211,759
19221,734
19231,711
19241,805
19251,823
19261,820
19271,864
19281,929
19292,035
19302,076
19312,220
19322,317
19332,223
19342,170
19352,220
19362,231
19372,361
19382,555
19392,645
19402,613
19412,491
19422,586
19432,541
19442,511
19452,586
19462,644
19472,774
19482,710
19492,669
19502,704
19512,751
19522,550
19532,461
19542,370
19552,303
19562,180
19572,045
19582,133
19592,045
19602,050
19612,067
19622,065
19632,136
19642,057
19652,061
19661,918
19671,791
19681,704
19691,613
19701,578
19711,510
19721,420
19731,333
19741,337
19751,301
19761,254
19771,106
19781,113
19791,125
19801,239
19811,151
19821,221
19831,254
19841,175
19851,183
19861,151
19871,163
19881,153
19891,180
19901,081
19911,043
1992961
1993969
1994904
1995814
1996775
1997747
1998689
1999685
2000688
2001715
2002713
2003667
2004656
2005616
2006598
2007577
2008558
2009524
2010508
2011529
2012506
2013485
2014448
2015509
2016472
2017427
2018408
2019391
2020370
2021320
2022303
2023335
2024291
2025297

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Louisiana 2.3×
  2. Pennsylvania 2.1×
  3. Washington 1.4×
  4. Minnesota 1.3×
  5. Ohio 1.3×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
507
Rank in 2025
#578
How rare
1 in 3,368 boys
Since 1880
271,796

Most popular in 1947, at 2,774 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 42% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Louisiana2.3×42
Pennsylvania2.1×102
Washington1.4×43
Minnesota1.3×30
Ohio1.3×65

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.