# Allene (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/allene/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,767 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 8,762 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | 11,165 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9,715 |
| 2004 | 11 | 9,290 |
| 2005 | 12 | 8,911 |
| 2006 | 11 | 9,936 |
| 2007 | 8 | 12,738 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11,509 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11,234 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,269 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,064 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,691 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16,568 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11,837 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,229 |
| 2025 | 7 | 11,999 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1927 | 5 | 4,218 |

## People named Allene

- Allene Jeanes, American chemical researcher (1906–1995)
- Allene Roberts, American actress (1928-2019)
- Allene Ray, American actress (1901-1979)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.