Meaning 
The name Allen has the following meaning: Alan encompasses a variety of meanings; cheerful, handsome, rock and/or noble. Once popular, the name is today viewed to be rather ordinary.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.
Popularity 
As a baby boy name, Allen is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 257 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Allen fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 17 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 312 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Allen in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Allen and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Allen: Boys - Craig, Darrah, Girls - Arline, Aylin, Colleen, Deirdre, Elvie, Ena, Fidelma, Lular, Mckayla, Merna, Nealie, Both genders - Casey, Quinn
Variants 
The name Allen is a variant of Alan. Other popular variants of the name Alan are: Ailean, Ailin (Irish), Al, Alain, Alair, Aland, Alano (Italian), Alao (Portugese), Allaen, Allan (Scottish), Allayne, Allen (Scottish), Alley, Allon, Allyn (English), Alon, Alun (Welsh), Alynn
Style 
We think the name Allen should fall under the following style category: Ending with N. See other Ending with N boy names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Allen to be: A friendly, helpful and kind chapIn one word, you might describe Allen as a(n) " helpful" person. See other "helpful" names for boys.
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