Girl name#1,526 of girl names
Allene
Pronounced AE1 L IY2 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1926
- 140 years in use
How popular is Allene?
Allene is a girls' name, and first appears in 1881. It has been given to 8,760 children — the 1,526th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 50 births across the past decade, against a peak of 317 in a single year. That peak was in 1926.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AE1 L IY2 N
- Stress pattern:
- 12
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Allene
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Allene
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Allene?
- Allene ranks 1,526th among girls' names in US records, with 8,760 births since 1881. Over the past decade it accounts for 50.
- Is Allene a unisex name?
- No. Allene is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Allene most popular?
- 1926, when 317 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.