Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Allen

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

Endangered Down 90.4% from peak

Peak era

1951

Peak rank proxy

5,179

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19512024

Peak year

1951

Decline from peak

90.4%

2024

497

All-time

271,282

Allen once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1951, when 5,179 boys were named Allen.

In 2024, only 497 boys were given the name.

Down 90.4% from its peak.

All told, about 271,282 Americans have been named Allen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 90.4% from peak

19515,179 boys named Allen

2024497 boys named Allen

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