Meaning not yet researched.
Alison: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 644 in 2025. Its best rank was #96 in 1986.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #96 in 1986; #476 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Alison in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#476 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, at #96.
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Alison: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 644 girls in 2025. Peak: #96 in 1986 · most girls in one year: 2,980 (1980).
In 2025, 644 US girls were named Alison, making it the 476th most common girls’ name of the year, down 11 places from #465 in 2024. That is 30 fewer than the 674 girls named Alison in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #96, reached in 1986. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,980, in 1980. For comparison, it was #339 in 2015 and #428 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Alison in 117 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1905 with 7 babies. In all, 117,481 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 27,181 babies named Alison.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,341 US girls were named Alison; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 974. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,496 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Alison ranked highest in Maine in 2025, at #177 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Allison (322,944 babies since 1880), Allyson (53,779 babies since 1880), Alyson (29,740 babies since 1880) and Alisson (7,049 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Alicen, Alicyn and Alis are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ali and Allie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Alicen (1,169), Alicyn (690), Alis (515), Alysen (456), Alizzon (61), Alyzon (50), Alysan (22), Alisynn (11), Alysin (10), Alysun (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 17 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 6 | #177 | — |
| Nebraska | 8 | #268 | — |
| California | 107 | #304 | #196 |
| Arizona | 19 | #359 | #259 |
| Alabama | 13 | #373 | #388 |
| Maryland | 14 | #379 | #322 |
| Texas | 87 | #387 | #290 |
| Tennessee | 20 | #391 | #350 |
| Oregon | 9 | #397 | #320 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | #397 | #372 |
| South Carolina | 12 | #407 | #317 |
| Washington | 17 | #416 | #356 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #420 | #304 |
| Virginia | 18 | #433 | #343 |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #439 | #329 |
| Indiana | 15 | #444 | #510 |
| Kansas | 7 | #447 | #462 |
| North Carolina | 24 | #453 | #395 |
| New York | 37 | #462 | #315 |
| Georgia | 23 | #489 | #463 |
| Iowa | 6 | #497 | #414 |
| New Jersey | 15 | #500 | #283 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #504 | #382 |
| Nevada | 5 | #511 | #362 |
| Florida | 34 | #532 | #367 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #561 | — |
| Kentucky | 7 | #573 | #562 |
| Colorado | 8 | #642 | #296 |
| Illinois | 13 | #709 | #335 |
| Ohio | 13 | #713 | #478 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #726 | #549 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #783 | #664 |
| Missouri | 5 | #935 | #446 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,067 | #497 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 644 | #476 | 5 | #12,100 |
| 2024 | 674 | #465 | — | — |
| 2023 | 654 | #471 | — | — |
| 2022 | 692 | #458 | 6 | #10,929 |
| 2021 | 660 | #473 | — | — |
| 2020 | 699 | #440 | — | — |
| 2019 | 758 | #413 | — | — |
| 2018 | 770 | #400 | — | — |
| 2017 | 816 | #383 | — | — |
| 2016 | 974 | #343 | — | — |
| 2015 | 967 | #339 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,118 | #292 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,072 | #298 | 6 | #10,790 |
| 2012 | 1,184 | #275 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 2011 | 1,272 | #253 | 6 | #10,864 |
| 2010 | 1,219 | #269 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,448 | #228 | 9 | #8,330 |
| 2008 | 1,247 | #275 | 7 | #9,903 |
| 2007 | 1,170 | #290 | 10 | #7,617 |
| 2006 | 1,217 | #272 | 5 | #12,127 |
| 2005 | 1,256 | #260 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,433 | #229 | 5 | #11,420 |
| 2003 | 1,413 | #233 | 6 | #9,622 |
| 2002 | 1,361 | #232 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,360 | #233 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,381 | #231 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1999 | 1,527 | #202 | 9 | #6,548 |
| 1998 | 1,642 | #188 | 5 | #9,676 |
| 1997 | 1,763 | #173 | 7 | #7,300 |
| 1996 | 1,901 | #166 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,952 | #162 | — | — |
| 1994 | 2,121 | #153 | 5 | #8,838 |
| 1993 | 2,241 | #141 | 6 | #7,667 |
| 1992 | 2,066 | #147 | 7 | #6,686 |
| 1991 | 2,153 | #142 | 13 | #4,240 |
| 1990 | 2,363 | #132 | 13 | #4,176 |
| 1989 | 2,488 | #119 | 27 | #2,416 |
| 1988 | 2,541 | #113 | 13 | #3,712 |
| 1987 | 2,771 | #100 | 16 | #3,075 |
| 1986 | 2,975 | #96 | 25 | #2,226 |
| 1985 | 2,829 | #97 | 8 | #4,714 |
| 1984 | 2,512 | #110 | 12 | #3,465 |
| 1983 | 2,491 | #116 | 13 | #3,234 |
| 1982 | 2,727 | #111 | 20 | #2,429 |
| 1981 | 2,704 | #113 | 15 | #2,901 |
| 1980 | 2,980 | #101 | 14 | #3,098 |
| 1979 | 2,938 | #102 | 13 | #3,174 |
| 1978 | 2,433 | #123 | 10 | #3,621 |
| 1977 | 2,372 | #122 | 13 | #3,042 |
| 1976 | 2,272 | #118 | 17 | #2,510 |
| 1975 | 2,267 | #127 | 16 | #2,543 |
| 1974 | 2,079 | #135 | 14 | #2,676 |
| 1973 | 1,928 | #146 | 10 | #3,227 |
| 1972 | 1,808 | #162 | 15 | #2,422 |
| 1971 | 2,210 | #143 | 12 | #2,819 |
| 1970 | 1,763 | #187 | 8 | #3,530 |
| 1969 | 1,077 | #269 | 5 | #4,423 |
| 1968 | 904 | #291 | — | — |
| 1967 | 895 | #284 | 6 | #3,570 |
| 1966 | 959 | #270 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1,461 | #221 | — | — |
| 1964 | 1,451 | #226 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1,389 | #234 | 5 | #4,059 |
| 1962 | 1,421 | #225 | 6 | #3,648 |
| 1961 | 1,409 | #231 | — | — |
| 1960 | 1,267 | #246 | — | — |
| 1959 | 1,197 | #254 | — | — |
| 1958 | 993 | #281 | — | — |
| 1957 | 567 | #380 | 6 | #3,558 |
| 1956 | 592 | #359 | — | — |
| 1955 | 545 | #378 | — | — |
| 1954 | 619 | #344 | 7 | #3,181 |
| 1953 | 492 | #383 | — | — |
| 1952 | 440 | #393 | 5 | #3,750 |
| 1951 | 418 | #404 | — | — |
| 1950 | 353 | #428 | 7 | #3,027 |
| 1949 | 316 | #449 | 7 | #3,028 |
| 1948 | 268 | #497 | 5 | #3,687 |
| 1947 | 233 | #557 | — | — |
| 1946 | 214 | #540 | 6 | #3,183 |
| 1945 | 120 | #678 | 5 | #3,342 |
| 1944 | 77 | #867 | 5 | #3,441 |
| 1943 | 67 | #965 | — | — |
| 1942 | 78 | #873 | 7 | #2,945 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,295 | — | — |
| 1940 | 42 | #1,114 | — | — |
| 1939 | 44 | #1,080 | — | — |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,091 | — | — |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,160 | 6 | #3,181 |
| 1936 | 51 | #961 | — | — |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,199 | — | — |
| 1934 | 50 | #974 | 6 | #3,295 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,442 | — | — |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,214 | — | — |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,688 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,609 | — | — |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,304 | — | — |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,503 | 5 | #4,165 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,671 | — | — |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,831 | — | — |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,491 | 7 | #3,422 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,812 | 11 | #2,644 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,842 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,897 | — | — |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,050 | 5 | #4,335 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,099 | 7 | #3,498 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,067 | — | — |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,031 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,774 | — | — |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,134 | — | — |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,964 | — | — |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,345 | 6 | #2,927 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,768 | 7 | #2,276 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,985 | — | — |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,412 | — | — |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,072 | — | — |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,544 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).