Allyn

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
Given to boys 62.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1942 · 68 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,223
since 1908

Allyn over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #988, 1951peak #780, 1942girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327—
2024#12,1617#8,9878
2023#10,3129#12,2395
2022#9,68010#12,3305
2021#9,56210—
2020#9,54610—
2019#12,4487#7,64310
2018#9,80610—
2017#14,1246#9,6967
2016#8,87512#7,15711
2015#6,03621#9,5687
2014#6,71318#8,7818
2013#6,46219#5,92314
2012#5,25326#8,1589
2011#5,93522#12,2875
2010#9,23112#7,08711
2009#8,05815#5,80015
2008#7,07318#11,0376
2007#7,09218#6,62212
2006#5,90622#5,78114
2005#6,82017#5,27815
2004#5,20824#6,97610
2003#6,88516#8,6437
2002#6,69816#6,08811
2001#4,44727#4,67616
2000#5,15122#6,31610
1999#3,80431#4,76214
1998#3,83130#4,01917
1997#5,41718#3,45520
1996#5,28018#5,18711
1995#4,51822#4,05215
1994#4,23824#3,91116
1993#3,29034#3,04222
1992#2,86941#2,83424
1991#3,09736#3,10520
1990#2,95738#2,25531
1989#3,25332#2,90221
1988#2,86736#1,98932
1987#3,62424#2,21526
1986#4,02820#2,29024
1985#3,24627#1,86631
1984#4,16618#2,29222
1983#3,80620#1,95527
1982#4,52716#1,73433
1981#4,16218#1,60237
1980#4,14818#2,11025
1979#6,18910#2,66917
1978#3,92418#2,01224
1977#4,06917#1,85827
1976—#2,60116
1975#5,9849#2,20520
1974#4,04115#2,67414
1973#6,6667#1,81724
1972#3,89415#1,92822
1971#3,94315#1,52632
1970#7,0706#1,69926
1969#4,19812#1,35135
1968#3,45615#1,54426
1967#2,49224#1,41129
1966#2,66821#1,19439
1965#2,68421#1,25437
1964#2,47525#1,23639
1963#2,30627#1,22840
1962#2,21029#1,09149
1961#1,95535#1,23341
1960#2,24627#1,24240
1959#2,86917#1,21241
1958#2,97216#1,20441
1957#2,65119#1,19942
1956#2,53020#1,03253
1955#1,66738#97160
1954#1,67737#1,00755
1953#1,34452#1,07446
1952#1,22560#1,00251
1951#98889#88163
1950#1,14565#1,00648
1949#1,66632#1,02946
1948#2,58915#96352
1947#2,53016#82271
1946#1,72327#78571
1945#2,59812#97143
1944#2,40114#83257
1943#2,86111#88557
1942#3,4448#78068
1941#2,53212#91848
1940#4,3495#93946
1939#3,4297#91646
1938#3,8476#1,00940
1937#4,2555#90647
1936#4,1815#1,02838
1935—#94045
1934—#1,03839
1933—#99541
1932#3,9016#1,14135
1931#3,8486#84156
1930#4,5505#1,06942
1929—#1,37827
1928—#1,29331
1927—#1,26733
1926#4,8515#1,60522
1925#2,93911#1,49325
1924#5,0615#1,10742
1923#3,9717#1,42027
1922—#1,47026
1921#5,0995#1,64822
1920—#1,54324
1919—#1,44925
1918#3,8697#1,17235
1917—#1,43724
1916—#1,30427
1915—#2,6219
1914—#1,38819
1913—#1,58012
1912—#1,8858
1911—#1,7405
1910—#1,5895
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First appearance
1908

The first year at least five boys were named Allyn! It came in at #1,217, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1909–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Allyn is popular in 1951

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: #451 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,036 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #765 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 25,909 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Allyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Michigan#451 · 1 in 12,036
  2. California#765 · 1 in 25,909

Best ever in a state: #167 in Connecticut, 1940.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Michigan#45171 in 12,036
California#76551 in 25,909
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Allyn
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 228 spots in 1931 (#1,069 → #841)
  • Biggest drop: 300 spots in 1932 (#841 → #1,141)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 1942 at #780 (68 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1939–1948
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,565
  • Highest: 1 in 18,565 boys born in 1931 were named Allyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #780 in 1942, was only 1 in 20,311 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1940s
  • 17.3% of all boys named Allyn (559) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,217 (1908)#1,217
1910s169#1,172 (1918)#1,617
1920s279#1,107 (1924)#1,422
1930s429#841 (1931)#988
1940s559#780 (1942)#892
1950s500#881 (1951)#1,059
1960s375#1,091 (1962)#1,278
1970s222#1,526 (1971)#2,099
1980s278#1,602 (1981)#2,096
1990s190#2,255 (1990)#3,662
2000s116#4,676 (2001)#6,722
2010s82#5,923 (2013)#8,478
2020s18#8,987 (2024)#11,185

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Allyn in 1951

girls
#988
89 births · 1 in 20,234 girls
boys
#881
63 births · 1 in 29,886 boys

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #988Allyn89

Top boys' names in 1951

  1. #1James87,256
  2. #2Robert86,353
  3. #3John81,569
  4. #4Michael72,807
  5. #5David64,788
  6. #6William62,781
  7. #7Richard54,541
  8. #8Thomas48,275
  9. #9Charles39,406
  10. #10Gary38,160
  11. #881Allyn63
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 20,234 of them was named Allyn, which outranked 84.1% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allyn
  1. #982Noel90
  2. #982Thomas90
  3. #982Tonia90
  4. #988Allyn89
  5. #988Flossie89
  6. #988Gerri89
  7. #988Kathern89
  8. #996Bernita88
  9. #996Brinda88
  10. #996Christa88

Tied with 7 names at #988; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 345Rhona#1,333 → #988
  2. ↑ 307Bobbi#1,153 → #846
  3. ↑ 296Ricki#1,090 → #794
  4. ↑ 295Mindy#771 → #476
  5. ↑ 288Sharleen#1,053 → #765
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Sharman#668 → #1,063
  2. ↓ 343Manuela#773 → #1,116
  3. ↓ 294Allie#945 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 253Merrie#937 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 252Olive#891 → #1,143

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 29,886 of them was named Allyn, which outranked 79.3% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allyn
  1. #874Meredith64
  2. #874Trinidad64
  3. #874Winfield64
  4. #881Allyn63
  5. #881Alfonzo63
  6. #881Arden63
  7. #881Cory63
  8. #892Carnell62
  9. #892Deborah62
  10. #892Ezell62

Tied with 10 names at #881; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 428Kimberly#1,139 → #711
  2. ↑ 372Cole#1,364 → #992
  3. ↑ 357Wayland#1,272 → #915
  4. ↑ 354Ricki#1,139 → #785
  5. ↑ 346Lou#1,289 → #943
Fallers
  1. ↓ 944Jory#960 → #1,904
  2. ↓ 502Samual#960 → #1,462
  3. ↓ 426Carlyle#918 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 319Shaun#899 → #1,218
  5. ↓ 318Tex#977 → #1,295

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1951 →