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Allan
OriginSpelling variation of Alan
Meaning"handsome, cheerful"
GenderBoy
US Rank#851
Top 1000
NB Rank#3418
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Variation of Allen
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #723 | 333 | 173.4 |
| 2015 | #658 | 392 | 204.5 |
| 2016 | #742 | 328 | 172.8 |
| 2017 | #777 | 301 | 162.6 |
| 2018 | #782 | 294 | 161.9 |
| 2019 | #813 | 280 | 156.1 |
| 2020 | #825 | 278 | 161.1 |
| 2021 | #838 | 283 | 161.8 |
| 2022 | #823 | 301 | 172.4 |
| 2023 | #812 | 302 | 176.5 |
| 2024 | #851 | 283 | 164.3 |
| 2025 | #1,013 | 223 | 130.6 |
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Famous Allans
- Allan Franklin Arbus
American actor and photographer, and the husband of photographer Diane Arbus
- Allan McLeod Cormack
South African physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize
- Allan Leslie Walters
Australian Air Force commander
- Joseph Aloysius "Allan" Dwan
Candian,American film director
- Allan Joseph Lamb
English cricketer
- Allan Michael Rock
Canadian politician and U.N. ambassador
- Allan Robert Bell
Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
- Edgar Allan Poe
American poet and novelist
Allan in pop culture
- Allan Armadale
main character in Wilkie Collins's 1866 mystery novel "Armadale"
- Allan Quatermain
main character in H. Rider Haggard's adventure novel series
- "Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Young Allan"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
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