Allen is a very popular boys' name that peaked in 1951 and has since faded.
Allen is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #578 for boy births in the United States (and #1,156 across all names), given to 507 babies. Allen was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1951 (5,179 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 507 | 507 | — | #578 |
| 2024 | 502 | 502 | — | #572 |
| 2023 | 573 | 573 | — | #517 |
| 2022 | 529 | 529 | — | #561 |
| 2021 | 559 | 559 | — | #524 |
| 2020 | 649 | 649 | #8,982 | #463 |
| 2019 | 709 | 709 | #12,519 | #436 |
| 2018 | 741 | 752 | — | #421 |
| 2017 | 791 | 810 | — | #403 |
| 2016 | 901 | 909 | #14,444 | #370 |
| 2015 | 976 | 987 | — | #349 |
| 2014 | 865 | 871 | #16,659 | #367 |
| 2013 | 924 | 931 | #13,243 | #348 |
| 2012 | 964 | 973 | #17,032 | #329 |
| 2011 | 1,010 | 1,016 | #16,917 | #317 |
| 2010 | 983 | 998 | #12,340 | #322 |
| 2009 | 1,039 | 1,049 | — | #310 |
| 2008 | 1,148 | 1,156 | #11,655 | #293 |
| 2007 | 1,198 | 1,213 | — | #287 |
| 2006 | 1,229 | 1,237 | — | #283 |
| 2005 | 1,236 | 1,253 | #16,615 | #271 |
| 2004 | 1,311 | 1,336 | #11,679 | #255 |
| 2003 | 1,318 | 1,338 | — | #250 |
| 2002 | 1,390 | 1,421 | #13,684 | #246 |
| 2001 | 1,396 | 1,423 | #12,140 | #243 |
| 2000 | 1,359 | 1,375 | #10,784 | #249 |
| 1999 | 1,320 | 1,329 | #14,508 | #244 |
| 1998 | 1,316 | 1,330 | — | #239 |
| 1997 | 1,415 | — | #10,899 | #218 |
| 1996 | 1,473 | — | #13,617 | #212 |
| 1995 | 1,561 | — | #7,543 | #197 |
| 1994 | 1,759 | — | #7,119 | #179 |
| 1993 | 1,913 | — | #6,631 | #168 |
| 1992 | 1,931 | — | #7,080 | #165 |
| 1991 | 2,122 | — | #6,266 | #154 |
| 1990 | 2,235 | — | #5,843 | #141 |
| 1989 | 2,374 | — | #6,549 | #130 |
| 1988 | 2,218 | — | #7,127 | #134 |
| 1987 | 2,189 | — | #4,666 | #128 |
| 1986 | 2,152 | — | #2,905 | #128 |
| 1985 | 2,208 | — | #3,857 | #128 |
| 1984 | 2,142 | — | #3,728 | #128 |
| 1983 | 2,266 | — | #3,952 | #120 |
| 1982 | 2,238 | — | #3,651 | #122 |
| 1981 | 2,080 | — | #4,011 | #131 |
| 1980 | 2,227 | — | #4,329 | #124 |
| 1979 | 1,954 | — | #4,236 | #139 |
| 1978 | 1,837 | — | #6,400 | #145 |
| 1977 | 1,842 | — | #3,178 | #144 |
| 1976 | 1,986 | — | #3,680 | #134 |
| 1975 | 2,043 | — | #4,863 | #127 |
| 1974 | 2,115 | — | #4,464 | #125 |
| 1973 | 2,092 | — | #3,977 | #124 |
| 1972 | 2,310 | — | #5,970 | #123 |
| 1971 | 2,686 | — | #3,948 | #120 |
| 1970 | 2,954 | — | #3,114 | #113 |
| 1969 | 2,910 | — | #2,647 | #111 |
| 1968 | 2,979 | — | #3,062 | #100 |
| 1967 | 3,147 | — | #2,493 | #100 |
| 1966 | 3,446 | — | #2,357 | #97 |
| 1965 | 3,853 | — | #2,837 | #92 |
| 1964 | 4,121 | — | #2,600 | #93 |
| 1963 | 4,356 | — | #3,067 | #90 |
| 1962 | 4,298 | — | #2,357 | #93 |
| 1961 | 4,417 | — | #2,360 | #96 |
| 1960 | 4,391 | — | #2,734 | #99 |
| 1959 | 4,383 | — | #2,870 | #97 |
| 1958 | 4,551 | — | #2,323 | #92 |
| 1957 | 4,425 | — | #3,314 | #91 |
| 1956 | 4,639 | — | #2,105 | #87 |
| 1955 | 4,769 | — | #2,156 | #84 |
| 1954 | 4,854 | — | #2,296 | #82 |
| 1953 | 4,874 | — | #2,364 | #81 |
| 1952 | 4,971 | — | #2,813 | #78 |
| 1951 | 5,203 | — | #2,017 | #72 |
| 1950 | 4,859 | — | #2,255 | #71 |
| 1949 | 4,756 | — | #2,136 | #71 |
| 1948 | 4,780 | — | #1,902 | #72 |
| 1947 | 5,099 | — | #1,994 | #73 |
| 1946 | 4,310 | — | #2,395 | #74 |
| 1945 | 3,499 | — | #1,993 | #74 |
| 1944 | 3,435 | — | #2,512 | #77 |
| 1943 | 3,657 | — | #1,528 | #76 |
| 1942 | 3,604 | — | #1,413 | #71 |
| 1941 | 3,081 | — | #1,752 | #73 |
| 1940 | 3,045 | — | #2,033 | #71 |
| 1939 | 2,955 | — | #1,424 | #72 |
| 1938 | 2,853 | — | #1,807 | #73 |
| 1937 | 2,531 | — | #2,319 | #76 |
| 1936 | 2,325 | — | #2,523 | #81 |
| 1935 | 2,332 | — | #1,721 | #83 |
| 1934 | 2,257 | — | #2,005 | #88 |
| 1933 | 2,227 | — | #1,553 | #84 |
| 1932 | 2,446 | — | #1,450 | #80 |
| 1931 | 2,333 | — | #1,503 | #79 |
| 1930 | 2,308 | — | #1,404 | #85 |
| 1929 | 2,217 | — | #1,447 | #86 |
| 1928 | 2,162 | — | #1,639 | #93 |
| 1927 | 2,131 | — | #1,488 | #95 |
| 1926 | 2,041 | — | #1,934 | #93 |
| 1925 | 2,070 | — | #1,325 | #94 |
| 1924 | 2,070 | — | #1,724 | #94 |
| 1923 | 1,890 | — | #2,370 | #97 |
| 1922 | 1,920 | — | #1,405 | #95 |
| 1921 | 1,961 | — | #1,766 | #94 |
| 1920 | 1,885 | — | #2,016 | #94 |
| 1919 | 1,672 | — | #1,921 | #101 |
| 1918 | 1,801 | — | #1,754 | #98 |
| 1917 | 1,617 | — | #1,509 | #100 |
| 1916 | 1,584 | — | #2,502 | #101 |
| 1915 | 1,483 | — | #1,440 | #99 |
| 1914 | 1,074 | — | #1,232 | #105 |
| 1913 | 918 | — | #1,533 | #100 |
| 1912 | 743 | — | #1,542 | #103 |
| 1911 | 414 | — | #1,375 | #98 |
| 1910 | 364 | — | #1,638 | #92 |
| 1909 | 318 | — | #1,964 | #93 |
| 1908 | 292 | — | #2,107 | #92 |
| 1907 | 317 | — | #1,515 | #85 |
| 1906 | 282 | — | — | #84 |
| 1905 | 272 | — | — | #88 |
| 1904 | 228 | — | — | #96 |
| 1903 | 224 | — | #1,800 | #91 |
| 1902 | 227 | — | — | #89 |
| 1901 | 199 | — | — | #88 |
| 1900 | 231 | — | #1,437 | #104 |
| 1899 | 191 | — | — | #91 |
| 1898 | 190 | — | #1,706 | #103 |
| 1897 | 226 | — | — | #82 |
| 1896 | 225 | — | #1,421 | #91 |
| 1895 | 196 | — | — | #98 |
| 1894 | 219 | — | — | #89 |
| 1893 | 180 | — | — | #99 |
| 1892 | 224 | — | — | #89 |
| 1891 | 173 | — | — | #94 |
| 1890 | 189 | — | — | #90 |
| 1889 | 222 | — | — | #79 |
| 1888 | 260 | — | — | #75 |
| 1887 | 202 | — | — | #81 |
| 1886 | 211 | — | — | #82 |
| 1885 | 184 | — | — | #87 |
| 1884 | 182 | — | — | #87 |
| 1883 | 175 | — | — | #82 |
| 1882 | 206 | — | — | #80 |
| 1881 | 172 | — | — | #80 |
| 1880 | 184 | — | — | #82 |