Given name
Allene
“beautiful and fair woman; dear child”
Allene is a variant of Alaina. One French interpretation is “beautiful and fair woman; dear child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Allene is a variant of Alaina. One French interpretation is “beautiful and fair woman; dear child.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Allene is a variant of Alaina. An origin associated with Alaina is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Allene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,767
- 5 boys · 8,762 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 317 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #11,999 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,999 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 317 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,555 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Allene
- Allene JeanesAmerican chemical researcher (1906–1995)
- Allene RobertsAmerican actress (1928-2019)
- Allene RayAmerican actress (1901-1979)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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