Allen Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Allen: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 271,796 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

271,796

Peak year

1951 #72

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-29.1%

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

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	1,005	#317
2012	959	#329
2013	917	#348
2014	860	#367
2015	976	#349
2016	895	#370
2017	791	#403
2018	741	#421
2019	702	#436
2020	638	#463
2021	559	#524
2022	529	#561
2023	573	#517
2024	502	#572
2025	507	#578

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

Where {name} was most used in 1951

364

316

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Names from the same era

Frederick · 1951 Lee · 1951 Jackie · 1951 Rex · 1951 Artis · 1951 Thomas · 1952 Gary · 1952 Stephen · 1952 Dennis · 1952 Lawrence · 1952

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