Allen
Allen is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Great Britain, Ireland
- US records 1880–2017
- 266,969 male / 1,848 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Allen
If you do not know Allen’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Allen,” in English, “Guten Tag Allen,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Allen,
German
Guten Tag Allen,
French
Bonjour Allen,
Spanish
Estimado/a Allen:
Chinese
Allen您好：
Japanese
Allen様
English
Hi Allen,
German
Hi Allen,
French
Salut Allen,
Spanish
Hola Allen,
Chinese
Allen你好：
Japanese
Allenさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | man's name |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name |
| Ireland | rare | man's name |
| Armenia | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
266,969 male · 1,848 female · 268,817 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 99.4% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Allen a male or female name?
Allen is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Allen in an email?
If you do not know Allen’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Allen,” in English, “Guten Tag Allen,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Allen a unisex name?
Allen is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Allen a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/allen. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_allen,
title = {Is Allen a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/allen},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}