Allan is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 283 boys in the United States.
Allan belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Allan first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #115 in 1940, and in 2024 283 babies received the name — 96,230 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Allan is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Irish and Celtic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Allan is a boy name. In 2024, 283 babies received the name in the US.
Allan comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition.
Allan first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #115 in 1940, and 283 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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