Allyson Girl
How popular is Allyson?
#1,139 girl name in 2025
203 baby girls were named Allyson in the US in 2025, making it the 1139th most popular girl name.
Allyson popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,139 for girls (▼ 225 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 203 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-78% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #363 in 2015, #642 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (1,651 girls) |
| Highest rank | #186 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1945 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Allyson 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 Allyson is most popular
Babies named Allyson per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 0.7 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Florida: 0.4 per 1,000 (171 girls)
- Texas: 0.3 per 1,000 (270 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.3 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- California: 0.3 per 1,000 (223 girls)
Allyson by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 231 | #1,108 |
| 1950s | 1,205 | #638 |
| 1960s | 3,085 | #445 |
| 1970s | 4,745 | #372 |
| 1980s | 7,206 | #243 |
| 1990s | 13,262 | #186 |
| 2000s | 12,952 | #234 |
| 2010s | 9,118 | #256 |
| 2020s | 1,954 | #642 |
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Questions
- Is Allyson a boy or girl name?
- Allyson is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Allyson were girls.
- How popular is the name Allyson?
- 203 baby girls were named Allyson in the US in 2025, making it the 1139th most popular girl name.
- When was Allyson most popular?
- Allyson peaked in 1998, when 1,651 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #186 in 1998.
- How many people are named Allyson?
- 53,779 babies have been named Allyson in the US since 1880. We estimate about 52,335 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Allyson most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Allyson was most common in New Mexico, at 0.7 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.