NameTides

Alan

Alan was the #191 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,915 babies), and #539 in England & Wales and #486 in Canada.

Alan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Alan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotland
Alan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#191 (1,915)#539 (72)#560 (5)—#232 (20)#486 (62)—
2024#167 (2,188)#592 (64)#352 (10)—#240 (18)#463 (66)—
2023#167 (2,164)#464 (86)#304 (12)#348 (4)#319 (13)#509 (54)—
2022#189 (2,006)#472 (84)#342 (10)#352 (4)#173 (31)#480 (58)—
2021#197 (1,931)#352 (127)#286 (14)#266 (7)#186 (28)#545 (52)—
2020#194 (1,966)#298 (154)#239 (17)#231 (8)#204 (24)#409 (74)—
2019#182 (2,142)#312 (152)#225 (20)#226 (9)#129 (47)#433 (67)—
2018#174 (2,250)#255 (199)#162 (33)#255 (7)#142 (43)#490 (56)—
2017#159 (2,442)#214 (246)#156 (37)#186 (12)#120 (53)#432 (68)—
2016#155 (2,630)#181 (312)#175 (33)#180 (13)#114 (60)#480 (60)—
2015#167 (2,487)#170 (346)#141 (42)#156 (17)#109 (66)#476 (60)—
2014#170 (2,500)#187 (302)#165 (35)#175 (14)#94 (82)#450 (66)—
2013#153 (2,607)#185 (302)#159 (35)#166 (15)#76 (104)#625 (41)—
2012#170 (2,285)#178 (330)#160 (36)#204 (10)#72 (108)#462 (60)—
2011#164 (2,343)#199 (263)#143 (41)#155 (17)#75 (103)#421 (67)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1951 at #40.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 890 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 890common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 820 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 710 to 1 in 940.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #285WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #271WAIdaho: #166IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #287MNIllinois: #151ILMichigan: #307MINew York: #179NYMassachusetts: #193MAOregon: #247ORNevada: #160NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #206INOhio: #326OHPennsylvania: #280PANew Jersey: #144NJConnecticut: #238CTRhode Island: #200RICalifornia: #129CAUtah: #225UTColorado: #191CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #253KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #343VAMaryland: #285MDDelaware: #168DEArizona: #141AZNew Mexico: #179NMKansas: #265KSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #205TNNorth Carolina: #215NCSouth Carolina: #188SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #200OKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: #239MSAlabama: #215ALGeorgia: #204GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #128TXFlorida: #134FL
Alan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#35313
Ontario2024#48825

Alan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlanCanadaBoys#48662
AlanEngland & WalesBoys#53972
AlanIrelandBoys#23220
AlanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AlanNSWBoys—too few
AlanScotlandBoys#5605
AlanUSGirls—too few
AlanUSBoys#1911,915