Alan

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Polish

Meaning

Alan is a masculine given name in the English and Breton languages. Its surname form is Aland. There is consensus that in modern English and French, the name is derived from the nomadic Iranian people known as the Alans, who settled in Western Europe during the Migration Period.

From Wikipedia

Alan first appears in the data in 1999 and has been recorded in 25 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 114 babies (rank #177 that year). In 2024 it was given to 75 boys (rank #218). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alan

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alan yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,121
Total babies (all years)
25
Years in the data
114
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199960#229
200069#218
200173#209
200260#248
200369#216
200468#233
200571#234
200673#239
200778#229
200891#220
200984#231
201069#264
2011108#189
2012104#195
2013103#198
2014114#177
2015102#196
201689#223
201798#206
2018101#192
2019100#189
202092#194
202292#197
202378#213
202475#218