Alan Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Alan: every year it appeared on the national list since 1882, with 363,313 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

363,313

Peak year

1955 #43

Years on the list

143

10-year trend

-10.7%

In the 1950s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1882–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	2,343	#164
2012	2,285	#170
2013	2,607	#153
2014	2,500	#170
2015	2,487	#167
2016	2,630	#155
2017	2,442	#159
2018	2,250	#174
2019	2,142	#182
2020	1,966	#194
2021	1,931	#197
2022	2,006	#189
2023	2,164	#167
2024	2,188	#167
2025	1,915	#191

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1955

1,141

778

546

514

447

435

Names from the same era

David · 1955 Terrence · 1955 Loren · 1955 Kim · 1955 Leigh · 1955 Joseph · 1956 Steven · 1956 Carl · 1956 Bruce · 1956 Randy · 1956

Names similar to Alan

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