Alyson Girl
How popular is Alyson?
#1,388 girl name in 2025
157 baby girls were named Alyson in the US in 2025, making it the 1388th most popular girl name.
Alyson popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,388 for girls (▼ 157 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 157 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #680 in 2015, #1,063 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (741 girls) |
| Highest rank | #346 in 1987 |
| First recorded | 1944 |
| 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 |
Alyson 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 Alyson is most popular
Babies named Alyson per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (194 girls)
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (154 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Florida: 0.2 per 1,000 (69 girls)
Alyson by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 118 | #1,626 |
| 1950s | 585 | #993 |
| 1960s | 1,412 | #737 |
| 1970s | 3,367 | #429 |
| 1980s | 5,564 | #346 |
| 1990s | 6,614 | #358 |
| 2000s | 6,397 | #444 |
| 2010s | 4,444 | #480 |
| 2020s | 1,229 | #1,028 |
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Questions
- Is Alyson a boy or girl name?
- Alyson is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alyson were girls.
- How popular is the name Alyson?
- 157 baby girls were named Alyson in the US in 2025, making it the 1388th most popular girl name.
- When was Alyson most popular?
- Alyson peaked in 1990, when 741 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #346 in 1987.
- How many people are named Alyson?
- 29,740 babies have been named Alyson in the US since 1880. We estimate about 28,932 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Alyson most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alyson was most common in Arizona, at 0.3 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.