Alen

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alen: Recorded since 1986, with a gap of 12 years, its highest recorded position is #317, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#317highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Alen's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2002	#3225
2003	#3467
2004	#3651
2005	#1716
2008	#2775
2010	#3865
2012	#3416
2013	#3315
2014	#2964
2015	#3908
2016	#4023
2017	#4812
2018	#3011
2020	#3848
2021	#3451
2022	#3048
2023	#4107
2024	#3254

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

In 2008: #698 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2775 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1986–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1986
First recorded at #317 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1986–2008
Highest recorded position: #317 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1986 (recorded 1986–2008).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Alen appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 21 ranked years and 97 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1986.

Alen across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Alen's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#1716 (2005)	#3254 (2024)	21 of 26	97 (1999–2024)	10 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#317 (1986)	#317 (1986)	#698 (2008)	3 of 23	9 (1986–2008)	3 (1986)

Alen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alen in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	32	7 of 10	5
2010s	37	8 of 10	5
2020s	25	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1986 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #317 in Republic of Ireland in 1986.

Alen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1986 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #317, first reached in 1986.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
12 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
10births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Darrel · #317, 20y
Davi · #317, 20y
Thady · #317, 18y
Antonella · #316, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Camille · #317, 33y
Dallan · #317, 11y
Darrel · #317, 20y
Amiee · #318, 26y

Alen was ranked #317 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Alen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alen without appearing here.

Alen moved ahead of

Espen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Alen

Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2964 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #3373.
Aksel Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2775 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #3332.

Moved the same way as Alen

Kelly Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Alen went from #2587 to #4107 and Kelly from #1467 to #3523.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1986 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #317 in Republic of Ireland in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alen

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What stands out in Alen's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alen across 2 official records

Alen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Alen appears in

Popularity data

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What stands out in Alen's record

Alen across 2 official records

Alen by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Alen appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Alen

Alen and the names beside it

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