NameTides

Alen

Alen was the #3,240 boys' name in the US in 2025 (36 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Alen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Alen as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#3,240 (36)#4,275 (4)——
2024#2,559 (52)#3,255 (6)——
2023#3,117 (39)#4,108 (4)——
2022#2,830 (45)#3,049 (6)——
2021#2,819 (44)#3,451 (5)——
2020#2,925 (40)#3,848 (4)——
2019#3,571 (31)——#2,440 (6)
2018#3,240 (35)#3,011 (6)—#2,740 (5)
2017#3,071 (38)#4,812 (3)——
2016#2,587 (48)#4,023 (4)——
2015#2,457 (51)#3,908 (4)——
2014#2,461 (51)#2,964 (6)—#2,371 (6)
2013#2,562 (47)#3,315 (5)—#2,305 (6)
2012#2,517 (49)#3,416 (5)——
2011#2,626 (46)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #1,635.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.

How common is it?

about 1 in 48,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 48,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alen is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 43,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 32,000 to 1 in 58,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,831FL
Alen (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlenCanadaBoys—too few
AlenEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
AlenIrelandBoys—too few
AlenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AlenUSBoys#3,24036