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Famous After TV Shows Such As Two And A Half Men Or Boston Legal. .
Welsh variation: Alun.
Alan Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
99.69%
Male
0.31%
Female
Alan is predominantly a boys name, with 0.31% of Alans being girls, and 99.69% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 354729 males named Alan, and 1087 females given the name
Popularity of Alan by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Alan in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Alan: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Alan' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Alan in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Alan's average ranking is 866.68, with it's highest ever rank being #. Alan has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 2 times, and has reached the top hundred names 34 times.
Alan has been used in the United States ever since 1882, with over 355816 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Alan gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1945, when it's usage went up by 120.17%. During this year, 5072 babies were named Alan, which was 0.1956% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.233%, in this year alone more than 9000 boys were named Alan.
Popular 'A' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'A'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with A. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'A' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
| Name | 'A-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | 1. | 16. | 13321 | 0.368% |
| Aiden | 2. | 22. | 12158 | 0.336% |
| Anthony | 3. | 41. | 9815 | 0.271% |
| Andrew | 4. | 46. | 9324 | 0.258% |
| Aaron | 5. | 69. | 7118 | 0.197% |
| Adrian | 6. | 87. | 6303 | 0.174% |
| Angel | 7. | 105. | 5523 | 0.153% |
| Asher | 8. | 106. | 5466 | 0.151% |
| Austin | 9. | 110. | 5334 | 0.147% |
| Adam | 10. | 114. | 5176 | 0.143% |
| Ayden | 11. | 146. | 4472 | 0.124% |
| Axel | 12. | 197. | 3441 | 0.095% |
| Ashton | 13. | 229. | 3078 | 0.085% |
| Abel | 14. | 238. | 3015 | 0.083% |
| Alex | 15. | 256. | 2826 | 0.078% |
| Alan | 16. | 274. | 2626 | 0.073% |
| Abraham | 17. | 281. | 2559 | 0.071% |
| Antonio | 18. | 282. | 2540 | 0.07% |
| Amir | 19. | 293. | 2429 | 0.067% |
| Alejandro | 20. | 319. | 2196 | 0.061% |