first name
ALEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,768 people named Alen, 66.2% reported their origin as White, 17.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Alen peaked in 2005, when 83 babies got the name.
At least 2,371 babies have been given the name since 1918. 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.
Alen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #4,643. The largest share of babies named Alen, 36.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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.
Exactly as common as Alen
2 other first names also have 3,768 people.
Either side of Alen
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alen, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Alen ranks #47,272 of 156,621, with 484 people. See Alen as a last name
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