Allen

maleStatistical record

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

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

Allen: Recorded since 1952, its highest recorded position is #76, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
82times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#76highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2019–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2019	#5591
2022	#5669

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 43 of the 47 years from 1964 to 2010.

In 2010: #720 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2629 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #79 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1960
Highest recorded position: #76 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1953 (recorded 1952–1960).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Allen appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 43 ranked years and 508 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Allen across 4 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.

Allen'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#164 (1964)	#127 (1966)	#720 (2010)	43 of 47	508 (1964–2010)	26 (1971)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#1079 (2007)	#4270 (2024)	29 of 29	265 (1996–2024)	22 (2007)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#79 (1952)	#76 (1953)	#93 (1960)	7 of 9	512 (1952–1960)	84 (1952)
England and Wales · Girls	#5591 (2019)	#5591 (2019)	#5669 (2022)	2 of 4	6 (2019–2022)	3 (2019)

Allen by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Allen in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	85	6 of 10	14
1970sbusiest	200	10 of 10	20
1980s	147	10 of 10	15
1990s	47	8 of 10	6
2000s	26	8 of 10	3
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Allen 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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #76 in New South Wales, Australia in 1953.

Allen'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2039	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1079	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	68	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	65	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	70	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	65	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#79	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New Zealand	male	#99	51	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#237	7	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	10	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	9	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#199	9	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#197	10	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	15	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	16	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	15	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	19	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	22	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	20	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	17	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	20	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#149	22	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	16	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	24	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	25	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#200	11	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	17	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	26	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#140	22	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	17	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	20	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	16	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#127	18	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	5	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#164	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
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 4 registrars between 1952 and 2024, ranked in 68 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #76, first reached in 1953.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 84 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1952.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1957, and 44 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.

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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Allison · #63, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Magdalena · #71, 64y
Shona · #63, 69y
Carina · #60, 67y
Mariam · #93, 65y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Mariusz · #76, 48y
Dale · #75, 62y
Dorothy · #75, 65y
Lawrence · #77, 67y

Allen was ranked #76 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1953. 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.

Allen 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 Allen without appearing here.

Allen moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #4991.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2216 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Kim Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #1892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1079 and #2435.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3134 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2005 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Allen

Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #1460.
Andrea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #1859.
Lars Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #2160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #1859.
Anders Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #2546 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #2263.

Moved the opposite way to Allen

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Allen went from #164 to #720 while Alexander went from #116 to #51.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Allen went from #164 to #720 while Benjamin went from #139 to #65.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Allen went from #164 to #720 while Conor went from #56 to #5.
Daniel Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Allen went from #164 to #720 while Daniel went from #19 to #3.

Moved the same way as Allen

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Allen went from #164 to #720 and Adrian from #65 to #110.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Allen went from #164 to #720 and Alfred from #134 to #400.
Arthur Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Allen went from #164 to #720 and Arthur from #98 to #178.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Allen went from #164 to #720 and Denis from #21 to #178.

What's not yet available

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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 4 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #76 in New South Wales, Australia in 1953. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Allen

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Allen across 4 official records

Allen by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

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