Alan remains a common boys' name (#191 in 2025), down from a peak of #40 in 1951.
Alan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #191 for boy births in the United States (and #357 across all names), given to 1,915 babies — 1,944 including U.S. territories. Alan first appears in 1882 and peaked in 1955 (9,037 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,915 | 1,944 | — | #191 |
| 2024 | 2,188 | 2,225 | — | #167 |
| 2023 | 2,164 | 2,194 | — | #167 |
| 2022 | 2,006 | 2,051 | — | #189 |
| 2021 | 1,931 | 1,977 | — | #197 |
| 2020 | 1,966 | 1,998 | — | #194 |
| 2019 | 2,142 | 2,186 | — | #182 |
| 2018 | 2,255 | 2,306 | #15,776 | #174 |
| 2017 | 2,447 | 2,504 | #16,018 | #159 |
| 2016 | 2,635 | 2,706 | #16,349 | #155 |
| 2015 | 2,500 | 2,589 | #8,471 | #167 |
| 2014 | 2,509 | 2,567 | #11,011 | #170 |
| 2013 | 2,616 | 2,681 | #11,053 | #153 |
| 2012 | 2,297 | 2,345 | #9,134 | #170 |
| 2011 | 2,352 | 2,410 | #11,222 | #164 |
| 2010 | 2,513 | 2,566 | — | #156 |
| 2009 | 2,854 | 2,923 | #13,775 | #142 |
| 2008 | 3,027 | 3,087 | — | #135 |
| 2007 | 3,257 | 3,312 | #12,716 | #130 |
| 2006 | 3,481 | 3,537 | #15,212 | #122 |
| 2005 | 3,218 | 3,281 | #8,351 | #128 |
| 2004 | 3,079 | 3,130 | #6,781 | #132 |
| 2003 | 3,115 | 3,164 | #6,589 | #131 |
| 2002 | 2,632 | 2,687 | #12,232 | #150 |
| 2001 | 2,651 | 2,697 | #12,112 | #148 |
| 2000 | 2,427 | 2,464 | #8,046 | #161 |
| 1999 | 2,257 | 2,289 | #10,374 | #164 |
| 1998 | 2,143 | 2,169 | #14,189 | #161 |
| 1997 | 2,184 | — | #10,876 | #158 |
| 1996 | 2,456 | — | #8,833 | #143 |
| 1995 | 2,302 | — | #8,782 | #153 |
| 1994 | 2,444 | — | #8,822 | #144 |
| 1993 | 2,575 | — | #7,503 | #132 |
| 1992 | 2,621 | — | #6,013 | #129 |
| 1991 | 2,561 | — | #5,668 | #128 |
| 1990 | 2,655 | — | #5,839 | #126 |
| 1989 | 2,748 | — | #5,549 | #120 |
| 1988 | 2,770 | — | #5,066 | #110 |
| 1987 | 2,611 | — | #3,527 | #112 |
| 1986 | 2,669 | — | #3,891 | #107 |
| 1985 | 2,703 | — | #4,128 | #109 |
| 1984 | 2,721 | — | #3,992 | #105 |
| 1983 | 2,784 | — | #5,154 | #102 |
| 1982 | 2,702 | — | #4,719 | #107 |
| 1981 | 2,598 | — | #6,809 | #112 |
| 1980 | 2,691 | — | #3,856 | #112 |
| 1979 | 2,333 | — | #5,756 | #116 |
| 1978 | 2,135 | — | #4,936 | #122 |
| 1977 | 2,148 | — | #4,659 | #126 |
| 1976 | 2,205 | — | #3,542 | #115 |
| 1975 | 2,263 | — | #4,142 | #115 |
| 1974 | 2,243 | — | #4,726 | #118 |
| 1973 | 2,283 | — | #4,159 | #115 |
| 1972 | 2,589 | — | #5,485 | #110 |
| 1971 | 3,183 | — | #3,947 | #99 |
| 1970 | 3,576 | — | #2,938 | #91 |
| 1969 | 3,869 | — | #3,319 | #76 |
| 1968 | 3,996 | — | #2,874 | #74 |
| 1967 | 4,586 | — | #3,486 | #61 |
| 1966 | 4,953 | — | #4,198 | #57 |
| 1965 | 5,629 | — | #3,050 | #59 |
| 1964 | 6,834 | — | #2,531 | #53 |
| 1963 | 6,957 | — | #2,622 | #56 |
| 1962 | 7,747 | — | #2,264 | #53 |
| 1961 | 8,639 | — | #2,609 | #51 |
| 1960 | 8,377 | — | #2,649 | #50 |
| 1959 | 8,169 | — | #2,760 | #50 |
| 1958 | 8,240 | — | #3,232 | #49 |
| 1957 | 8,226 | — | #2,728 | #48 |
| 1956 | 8,746 | — | #3,493 | #44 |
| 1955 | 9,052 | — | #2,972 | #43 |
| 1954 | 8,725 | — | #3,019 | #43 |
| 1953 | 8,465 | — | #3,482 | #43 |
| 1952 | 8,322 | — | #3,201 | #42 |
| 1951 | 8,423 | — | #2,694 | #40 |
| 1950 | 7,750 | — | #2,912 | #41 |
| 1949 | 7,269 | — | #2,727 | #45 |
| 1948 | 7,404 | — | #3,351 | #46 |
| 1947 | 7,842 | — | #2,279 | #45 |
| 1946 | 6,497 | — | #3,996 | #49 |
| 1945 | 5,082 | — | #3,133 | #52 |
| 1944 | 4,285 | — | #3,382 | #55 |
| 1943 | 3,860 | — | #4,698 | #67 |
| 1942 | 3,141 | — | #3,741 | #81 |
| 1941 | 2,629 | — | #4,423 | #84 |
| 1940 | 2,383 | — | #3,868 | #88 |
| 1939 | 2,336 | — | #3,783 | #85 |
| 1938 | 2,241 | — | — | #91 |
| 1937 | 1,846 | — | — | #103 |
| 1936 | 1,755 | — | — | #108 |
| 1935 | 1,425 | — | — | #122 |
| 1934 | 1,369 | — | — | #124 |
| 1933 | 1,352 | — | #3,408 | #122 |
| 1932 | 1,347 | — | #3,277 | #127 |
| 1931 | 1,428 | — | #4,337 | #120 |
| 1930 | 1,310 | — | #3,057 | #136 |
| 1929 | 1,109 | — | #3,395 | #146 |
| 1928 | 971 | — | #3,748 | #157 |
| 1927 | 815 | — | #3,877 | #178 |
| 1926 | 841 | — | #4,860 | #174 |
| 1925 | 804 | — | — | #179 |
| 1924 | 625 | — | — | #217 |
| 1923 | 588 | — | — | #221 |
| 1922 | 479 | — | — | #256 |
| 1921 | 380 | — | #5,112 | #289 |
| 1920 | 433 | — | — | #263 |
| 1919 | 330 | — | — | #299 |
| 1918 | 333 | — | — | #302 |
| 1917 | 310 | — | — | #299 |
| 1916 | 251 | — | — | #338 |
| 1915 | 238 | — | — | #346 |
| 1914 | 184 | — | — | #344 |
| 1913 | 158 | — | — | #321 |
| 1912 | 102 | — | — | #381 |
| 1911 | 55 | — | — | #380 |
| 1910 | 59 | — | — | #321 |
| 1909 | 45 | — | — | #348 |
| 1908 | 31 | — | — | #429 |
| 1907 | 38 | — | — | #359 |
| 1906 | 28 | — | — | #411 |
| 1905 | 23 | — | — | #463 |
| 1904 | 29 | — | — | #379 |
| 1903 | 25 | — | — | #393 |
| 1902 | 27 | — | — | #380 |
| 1901 | 20 | — | — | #422 |
| 1900 | 27 | — | — | #431 |
| 1899 | 16 | — | — | #481 |
| 1898 | 14 | — | — | #573 |
| 1897 | 19 | — | — | #439 |
| 1896 | 13 | — | — | #593 |
| 1895 | 21 | — | — | #426 |
| 1894 | 11 | — | — | #632 |
| 1893 | 12 | — | — | #572 |
| 1892 | 17 | — | — | #481 |
| 1891 | 9 | — | — | #636 |
| 1890 | 12 | — | — | #566 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | — | #629 |
| 1888 | 6 | — | — | #918 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | — | #926 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | — | #961 |
| 1885 | 10 | — | — | #604 |
| 1884 | 9 | — | — | #664 |
| 1882 | 6 | — | — | #838 |