Masculine dossier · first seen 1882

Alan

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Alan
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1955

Peak rank proxy

9,033

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1882Peak 19552024

Peak year

1955

Decline from peak

75.8%

2024

2,183

All-time

361,388

Alan has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1955, when 9,033 boys were named Alan.

In 2024, only 2,183 boys were given the name.

Down 75.8% from its peak.

All told, about 361,388 Americans have been named Alan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1882.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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