Alen
Recorded 1918–2025 · United States
Alen was most popular in 2005, when 83 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,779 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,962, with 36 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,371 people named Alen.
Alen over time
How old is the name Alen?
Alen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1918, which makes it about 107 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 97 of the 108 years since.
How many people are named Alen?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,371 American births named Alen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,145 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Alen in 2025?
36 American babies were named Alen in 2025, ranking #6,962 that year.
Is Alen getting more or less popular?
Alen is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 43 births a year, against 49 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -11% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Alen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Alen is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,371 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Alen?
Roughly 2,145 Americans named Alen are alive today — 90% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 13 and 36.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Alen is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org