first name
ALAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 284,872 people named Alan, 70.8% reported their origin as White, 18.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Alan peaked in 1955, when 9,052 babies got the name.
At least 364,389 babies have been given the name since 1882. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Alan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #94. The largest share of babies named Alan, 41.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Alan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alan has been most common in Hawaii (2.1×), Vermont (1.7×), and Rhode Island (1.5×), and least common in Mississippi (0.37×).
360,958 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Alan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Alan ranks #17,902 of 156,621, with 1,539 people. See Alan as a last name
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