Alison Girl
How popular is Alison?
#476 girl name in 2025
644 baby girls were named Alison in the US in 2025, making it the 476th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Alison popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #476 for girls (▼ 11 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 644 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #338 in 2015, #440 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1980 (2,980 girls) |
| Highest rank | #96 in 1986 |
| First recorded | 1905 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alison counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Allison family of names ranked #65 for girls in 2025 (#58 the year before), with 4,282 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Allison | 2,564 | 60% |
| Alison | 644 | 15% |
| Allyson | 203 | 5% |
| Alisson | 580 | 14% |
| Alyson | 157 | 4% |
| Allisson | 62 | 1% |
| Alysson | 41 | 1% |
| Allisyn | 11 | 0% |
| Alizon | 9 | 0% |
| Alisyn | 5 | 0% |
| Allysson | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alison is most popular
Babies named Alison per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Rhode Island: 1.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Nebraska: 0.8 per 1,000 (30 girls)
- Maryland: 0.7 per 1,000 (78 girls)
- California: 0.7 per 1,000 (588 girls)
- New Mexico: 0.7 per 1,000 (16 girls)
Alison by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #1,537 |
| 1910s | 134 | #1,344 |
| 1920s | 198 | #1,501 |
| 1930s | 367 | #961 |
| 1940s | 1,450 | #448 |
| 1950s | 6,216 | #254 |
| 1960s | 12,233 | #221 |
| 1970s | 22,070 | #102 |
| 1980s | 27,018 | #96 |
| 1990s | 19,729 | #132 |
| 2000s | 13,286 | #228 |
| 2010s | 10,150 | #253 |
| 2020s | 4,023 | #440 |
Girl names about as popular as Alison
Questions
- Is Alison a boy or girl name?
- Alison is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alison were girls.
- How popular is the name Alison?
- 644 baby girls were named Alison in the US in 2025, making it the 476th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Alison most popular?
- Alison peaked in 1980, when 2,980 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #96 in 1986.
- How many people are named Alison?
- 117,481 babies have been named Alison in the US since 1880. We estimate about 111,427 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Alison most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alison was most common in Rhode Island, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.