Over the past 110 years, 54 girls and 348 815 boys have been named Alan. The name Alan ranks 10305th in the United States among the most common names for girls. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Alan in 1947. The peak of popularity of the name Alan came in the 1960s and 1980s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.