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Allyn

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Feminine form of Alan

Allyn has been given to 5,138 babies in the U.S. since 1908. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1946, with 71 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% boys, 37% girls all-time.

Babies named Allyn, 2024

1 in 418,000

Allyn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Allyn over time

In 2025, Allyn went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19082025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Allyn: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Alan

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Allyn means

Allyn is a feminine form of Alan.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Allyn is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈæl.ɪn/ for Allyn.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Allyn → Alan. The family’s proposed meaning is “noble”, recorded in English with the source elements ail.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alan.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,223 boys were recorded with the name Allyn between 1908 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 71 in 1946; its best national rank was #780 in 1942.

In the United States, 1,915 girls were recorded with the name Allyn between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 89 in 1951; its best national rank was #987 in 1951.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,585 in 2020 to #11,997 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,039 in 2015 to #11,997 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Allyn?

Allyn had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 418,000
8 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 215,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
289,633 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Allyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 289,633 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Allyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Allyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Allyn was born before 1953 — so the typical Allyn is around 72 today.

Median birth year
1953
About 72 years old
Biggest decade
1940s
17.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
6.7%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,781
People you could plausibly meet
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1940s — 17.3% of all recorded uses (559).

Is Allyn rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1946 (71)
Years since peak
79
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
44.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#780
1942

Spellings of Allyn

Allyn is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 33.8% against Allyn's 0.30%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Allyn is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Allyn was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 151,709 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 33,333
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Connecticut1 in 100,000
  4. 4Iowa1 in 100,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 100,000
  6. 6New York1 in 100,000
  7. 7Massachusetts1 in —
  8. 8Michigan1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Allyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Allyn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Allyn was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 290,401 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in —
  4. 4Michigan1 in —
  5. 5New Jersey1 in —
  6. 6Ohio1 in —
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Allyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Allyn around the world

Where Allyn ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Scotland
    1978–1993
    #378
    in 1993
  • South Australia
    1964–1985
    #449
    in 1985

Popularity data from National Records of Scotland and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Allyn

People whose public names include Allyn, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Allyn in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Allyn. Linked forms have their own page here.

AlynAllin

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Allyn by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#780
1942
Peak year
1946
71 that year
First recorded
1908
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
3,223
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,997
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,412
Best rank ever
#987
1951
Peak year
1951
89 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,915
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Allyn

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AllieArlynAllisonJalynMerlynDalynEvelynTalynJaylynNolynJaelynAllahAllisterDaelynCollynAllanteAllanDeklynJailynKelynMarlynBraelynBralynRylyn

Names with a curve like Allyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Allyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

VernellWindellNancyLindellDennieWardellLawranceTheodisDavieGeroldCurtissGlynn

Sibling names for Allyn

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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