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 1954 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2000 with 22 babies (rank #535 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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.

622
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
22
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
19542#18
19552#663
19573#698
19583#718
19594#680
19603#744
19622#832
19632#839
19644#713
19657#636
196611#548
19678#616
19689#608
196913#538
197019#458
19716#744
197210#611
197313#531
197414#508
197510#590
197616#469
197715#482
19787#689
197911#586
198010#638
198114#548
19829#657
19839#656
198413#572
198511#620
198614#571
19878#723
19889#705
198912#642
199012#664
19919#730
199218#569
199314#633
19947#831
199514#632
199619#557
199710#731
199812#685
199912#692
200022#535
200113#677
200216#616
200322#518
200410#754
200517#585
200610#736
20079#743
200812#655
200914#613
201011#679
20118#760
20128#755
20137#807
201413#590