Allene
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Any of a class of hydrocarbons having two double bonds from one carbon atom to two others - R₂C=C=CR₂; especially the parent compound CH₂=C=CH₂ (propadiene)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈæˌɫin/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Allene is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 118K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 130K
- GAGabon≈1 in 43K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 256 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 43K (inferred from the name graph)
≈24,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Gabon, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Any of a class of hydrocarbons having two double bonds from one carbon atom to two others - R₂C=C=CR₂; especially the parent compound CH₂=C=CH₂ (propadiene).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Allene counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈24,000 est. | ≈1 in 59K | — | Allene | 3 |
| US United States | 2,555 | 1 in 130K | 2.5K | Allene | 256 |
| PH Philippines | ≈690 est. | ≈1 in 158K | — | Allene | 37 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 118K | — | Allene | 24 |
| EG Egypt | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 188K | — | Allene | 3 |
| SG Singapore | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Allene | 7 |
| IE Ireland | ≈93 est. | ≈1 in 56K | — | Allene | 3 |
| FI Finland | ≈68 est. | ≈1 in 82K | 15 | — | 1 |
| GA Gabon | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 43K | 1 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Allene is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In dum, only, just
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Algebra (mācību priekšmets)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Allene Tewb. 1872USAmerican socialite
- Allene Stone Ganob. 1883(1883-1922)
- Allene Wilson Grovesb. 1896US23rd president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution
- Allene Rayb. 1901USAmerican actress (1901-1979)
- Allene Jeanesb. 1906USAmerican chemical researcher (1906–1995)
- Allene Robertsb. 1928USAmerican actress (1928-2019)
- Allene Johnsonb. 1933chemist
- Allene MacPherson Goforthb. 1943CAfirst deaf woman in Canada to earn a university degree
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 21 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.5K | #6,314 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1926 | 317 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1925 | 280 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1927 | 273 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1920 | 271 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1923 | 244 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1921 | 244 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1922 | 236 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1928 | 232 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1918 | 230 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1917 | 228 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1919 | 214 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Allene?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈæˌɫin/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Allene mean, and where does it come from?
- Any of a class of hydrocarbons having two double bonds from one carbon atom to two others - R₂C=C=CR₂; especially the parent compound CH₂=C=CH₂ (propadiene). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Allene have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 24 thousand people named Allene in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled allene.
- Is Allene a male or female name?
- Allene is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Allene?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,555 people named Allene in 2020, about 1 in 130 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Allene?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/alleneThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Allene”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.