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Allan

Boy's name · #1013 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Allan holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1013 in 2025). About 96,000 boys have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#120 in Sweden (2025) · #222 in Ecuador (2025) · #418 in Norway (2025) · #720 in Poland (2025) · #1,002 in France (2025) · #1,251 in Canada (2025) · #1,957 in Switzerland (2025) · #3,684 in England & Wales (2025) · #273 in Puerto Rico (2024) · #614 in Scotland (2023) · #646 in Ireland (2019) · #1,865 in Austria (2018) and 6 more.

Famous Allans

• Allan McLeod Cormack — South African and American physicist (1924–1998)
• Allan Kardec — French educator, translator, and writer (1804–1869)
• Allan Simonsen — Danish footballer (born 1952)
• Allan Hume — British Ornithologist and Founder of the Indian National Congress (1829–1912)
• Allan — Brazilian footballer (born 1991)
• Allan Holdsworth — British musician (1946–2017)
• Allan Nyom — Cameroonian footballer (born 1988)

In stories & tradition

• Allan Quatermain — King Solomon's Mines (book)
• Allan Thompson — Tintin character

What Allans become

Among 2,140 notable people named Allan:

Sports figures appear 1.42× more often than among typical names — e.g. Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer (born 1952).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Alan (#191) and Allen (#578), Allan would rank around #137 with about 2,600 births last year — the newborns split about 73/19/8 across Alan, Allen, and Allan.

Similar names: Alan · Frankie · Alvin · Melvin · Gordon · Dion

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