Allan
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Allan
This extra-L variation of Alan isn't quite as popular in the US as the original. Both spellings remain popular in Ireland and England.
Allan is also given to girls.
Pronounced AL-un.
As of October 2026, Allan ranked #1013 for boys in US births in 2025 and #13515 for girls in US births in 1994 SSA, peaked at #115 for boys in 1940 and #2501 for girls in 1928, Nameberry popularity #996 for boys.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #723 | 333 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #658 | 392 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #742 | 328 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #777 | 301 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #782 | 294 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #813 | 280 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #825 | 278 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #838 | 283 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #823 | 301 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #812 | 302 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #851 | 283 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,013 | 223 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Allan for boys
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Allan on lists
Famous Allans
- Allan Franklin ArbusBoy
American actor and photographer, and the husband of photographer Diane Arbus
- Allan McLeod CormackBoy
South African physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize
- Allan Leslie WaltersBoy
Australian Air Force commander
- Joseph Aloysius "Allan" DwanBoy
Candian,American film director
- Allan Joseph LambBoy
English cricketer
- Allan Michael RockBoy
Canadian politician and U.N. ambassador
- Allan Robert BellBoy
Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
- Edgar Allan PoeBoy
American poet and novelist
Allan in pop culture
- Allan ArmadaleBoy
main character in Wilkie Collins's 1866 mystery novel "Armadale"
- Allan QuatermainBoy
main character in H. Rider Haggard's adventure novel series
- "Robin Hood and Allan-a-Dale"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"
- "Young Allan"Boy
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"