Alan is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #357 for boy births in the United States, given to 1,915 babies. Alan first appears in the data in 1882 and reached its peak in 1955 (9,052 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,915 | #357 |
| 2024 | 2,188 | #318 |
| 2023 | 2,164 | #306 |
| 2022 | 2,006 | #347 |
| 2021 | 1,931 | #353 |
| 2020 | 1,966 | #343 |
| 2019 | 2,142 | #324 |
| 2018 | 2,255 | #319 |
| 2017 | 2,447 | #296 |
| 2016 | 2,635 | #292 |
| 2015 | 2,500 | #307 |
| 2014 | 2,509 | #309 |
| 2013 | 2,616 | #283 |
| 2012 | 2,297 | #311 |
| 2011 | 2,352 | #299 |
| 2010 | 2,513 | #285 |
| 2009 | 2,854 | #260 |
| 2008 | 3,027 | #248 |
| 2007 | 3,257 | #233 |
| 2006 | 3,481 | #219 |
| 2005 | 3,218 | #229 |
| 2004 | 3,079 | #241 |
| 2003 | 3,115 | #239 |
| 2002 | 2,632 | #287 |
| 2001 | 2,651 | #282 |
| 2000 | 2,427 | #300 |
| 1999 | 2,257 | #312 |
| 1998 | 2,143 | #311 |
| 1997 | 2,184 | #306 |
| 1996 | 2,456 | #272 |
| 1995 | 2,302 | #292 |
| 1994 | 2,444 | #276 |
| 1993 | 2,575 | #258 |
| 1992 | 2,621 | #258 |
| 1991 | 2,561 | #253 |
| 1990 | 2,655 | #249 |
| 1989 | 2,748 | #230 |
| 1988 | 2,770 | #213 |
| 1987 | 2,611 | #221 |
| 1986 | 2,669 | #215 |
| 1985 | 2,703 | #219 |
| 1984 | 2,721 | #207 |
| 1983 | 2,784 | #205 |
| 1982 | 2,702 | #225 |
| 1981 | 2,598 | #233 |
| 1980 | 2,691 | #229 |
| 1979 | 2,333 | #241 |
| 1978 | 2,135 | #253 |
| 1977 | 2,148 | #262 |
| 1976 | 2,205 | #246 |
| 1975 | 2,263 | #249 |
| 1974 | 2,243 | #250 |
| 1973 | 2,283 | #246 |
| 1972 | 2,589 | #233 |
| 1971 | 3,183 | #217 |
| 1970 | 3,576 | #203 |
| 1969 | 3,869 | #174 |
| 1968 | 3,996 | #160 |
| 1967 | 4,586 | #139 |
| 1966 | 4,953 | #131 |
| 1965 | 5,629 | #130 |
| 1964 | 6,834 | #120 |
| 1963 | 6,957 | #121 |
| 1962 | 7,747 | #112 |
| 1961 | 8,639 | #105 |
| 1960 | 8,377 | #102 |
| 1959 | 8,169 | #101 |
| 1958 | 8,240 | #100 |
| 1957 | 8,226 | #100 |
| 1956 | 8,746 | #93 |
| 1955 | 9,052 | #85 |
| 1954 | 8,725 | #88 |
| 1953 | 8,465 | #90 |
| 1952 | 8,322 | #92 |
| 1951 | 8,423 | #87 |
| 1950 | 7,750 | #88 |
| 1949 | 7,269 | #96 |
| 1948 | 7,404 | #95 |
| 1947 | 7,842 | #93 |
| 1946 | 6,497 | #96 |
| 1945 | 5,082 | #102 |
| 1944 | 4,285 | #116 |
| 1943 | 3,860 | #142 |
| 1942 | 3,141 | #173 |
| 1941 | 2,629 | #183 |
| 1940 | 2,383 | #196 |
| 1939 | 2,336 | #199 |
| 1938 | 2,241 | #212 |
| 1937 | 1,846 | #241 |
| 1936 | 1,755 | #241 |
| 1935 | 1,425 | #267 |
| 1934 | 1,369 | #277 |
| 1933 | 1,352 | #272 |
| 1932 | 1,347 | #279 |
| 1931 | 1,428 | #263 |
| 1930 | 1,310 | #294 |
| 1929 | 1,109 | #325 |
| 1928 | 971 | #361 |
| 1927 | 815 | #406 |
| 1926 | 841 | #396 |
| 1925 | 804 | #414 |
| 1924 | 625 | #484 |
| 1923 | 588 | #489 |
| 1922 | 479 | #554 |
| 1921 | 380 | #627 |
| 1920 | 433 | #583 |
| 1919 | 330 | #658 |
| 1918 | 333 | #668 |
| 1917 | 310 | #655 |
| 1916 | 251 | #733 |
| 1915 | 238 | #734 |
| 1914 | 184 | #737 |
| 1913 | 158 | #706 |
| 1912 | 102 | #850 |
| 1911 | 55 | #955 |
| 1910 | 59 | #853 |
| 1909 | 45 | #935 |
| 1908 | 31 | #1,130 |
| 1907 | 38 | #970 |
| 1906 | 28 | #1,106 |
| 1905 | 23 | #1,230 |
| 1904 | 29 | #1,030 |
| 1903 | 25 | #1,060 |
| 1902 | 27 | #1,020 |
| 1901 | 20 | #1,147 |
| 1900 | 27 | #1,126 |
| 1899 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1898 | 14 | #1,497 |
| 1897 | 19 | #1,164 |
| 1896 | 13 | #1,518 |
| 1895 | 21 | #1,120 |
| 1894 | 11 | #1,591 |
| 1893 | 12 | #1,443 |
| 1892 | 17 | #1,194 |
| 1891 | 9 | #1,600 |
| 1890 | 12 | #1,377 |
| 1889 | 10 | #1,496 |
| 1888 | 6 | #2,046 |
| 1887 | 5 | #2,071 |
| 1886 | 5 | #2,074 |
| 1885 | 10 | #1,336 |
| 1884 | 9 | #1,430 |
| 1882 | 6 | #1,728 |