Alyson
Alyson is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 189 births. Its best rank was 346th, in 1987.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1890.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1990741 births
- Best rank
- #346in 1987
- Since 1944
- 29,572people given the name
The story in the numbers
29,572 girls have been named Alyson in the United States since 1944, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 741 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 22%. It has spent 60 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alyson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 118 | |
| 1950s | 585 | |
| 1960s | 1,412 | |
| 1970s | 3,368 | |
| 1980s | 5,564 | |
| 1990s | 6,614 | |
| 2000s | 6,397 | |
| 2010s | 4,444 | |
| 2020s | 1,070 |
In 1990, its biggest year
Alyson was the 358th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Alyson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Allisonpeak 1994
- Karalynpeak 1996
- Kallypeak 2007
- Elisabetpeak 1989
- Ilanapeak 1992
- Damarapeak 2004
- Allysonpeak 1998
- Shirapeak 2009
Other spellings in the data
- Allison320,344 ever
- Alison116,237 ever
- Allyson53,553 ever
- Alisson6,464 ever
- Allisson2,780 ever
- Alysson1,528 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.