Baby Name Popularity Profile

Alison

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Alison.

✦ Of noble kind 🌍 French, German Traditional Virtue
National Rank (2025) #476
All-Time Peak Rank #96 Achieved 1986
Total U.S. Births 116,886 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 0.3% Boy / 99.7% Girl Overwhelmingly Female
Boy Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Boy usage
First Recorded 1905 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 1980s 2,980 births in 1980
💡 The Alison Vibe: Considered a Declining Classic. A previously dominant name currently experiencing a prolonged generational cooling period.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Of noble kind
Language Origin French, German
Origin Type multiple
Derived from the Old French diminutive Alisoun, a form of Alice, which comes from the Germanic name Adalheidis meaning 'noble kind'.
Common Nicknames
Ali Allie Al
Alternative Spellings
Allison Allyson Alyson
Pronunciation: AL-i-son
Themes & Categories
Traditional Virtue
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Alison across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) -7.9%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) -33.4%
2015: 967 births 967 2016: 974 births 2017: 816 births 2018: 770 births 2019: 758 births 2020: 699 births 699 2021: 660 births 2022: 692 births 2023: 654 births 2024: 674 births 2025: 644 births 644
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 2,980 births in 1980
Years in Top 100 3 yrs
Years in Top 500 78 yrs
Longest Streak 114 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 12
1910s: 134
1920s: 198
1930s: 367
1940s: 1,450
1950s: 6,216
1960s: 12,233
1970s: 22,070
1980s: 27,018
1990s: 19,729
2000s: 13,286
2010s: 10,150
2020s: 4,023

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables A-lis-on
Letter Count 6 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 25.7% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 25.7% of SSA names. Starts with A, a letter used by only 10.8% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Connecticut
Top States Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island
States with Data 51
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Connecticut Unranked 2,644 1986 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts #397 5,353 1988 Insufficient historical volume
New Hampshire Unranked 645 1987 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #500 4,978 1981 Insufficient historical volume
Rhode Island Unranked 649 1982 Insufficient historical volume
Delaware Unranked 361 1977 Insufficient historical volume
Vermont Unranked 292 1971 Insufficient historical volume
Utah Unranked 1,376 1977 Insufficient historical volume
Maine #177 732 1971 Insufficient historical volume
District of Columbia Unranked 687 1959 Insufficient historical volume
New York #462 11,719 1975 15.9% Decline
Minnesota #504 2,742 1986 Insufficient historical volume
Hawaii Unranked 450 1960 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #416 2,269 1979 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #379 2,103 1982 Insufficient historical volume
California #304 13,819 1985 17.1% Decline
Oregon #397 1,251 1982 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada #511 444 2006 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #642 1,577 1986 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #420 2,384 1987 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #359 1,420 1997 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #433 2,570 1985 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #532 3,782 1980 5.6% Decline
Pennsylvania #726 5,850 1979 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #709 5,365 1986 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #713 4,909 1986 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho Unranked 419 1982 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #1067 3,975 1979 Insufficient historical volume
North Dakota Unranked 342 1980 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska #268 722 1980 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #444 2,329 1980 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #497 1,295 1986 Insufficient historical volume
Alaska Unranked 136 1980 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas #447 1,006 1986 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #935 2,101 1980 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #489 2,604 1983 8.0% Decline
South Dakota Unranked 290 1983 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #453 2,445 1987 17.2% Decline
Texas #387 6,216 2014 22.3% Decline
Louisiana #783 1,439 1971 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #391 1,629 1981 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina #407 1,075 1971 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama #373 1,333 1980 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #573 1,217 1978 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #439 931 2009 Insufficient historical volume
Montana Unranked 207 1979 Insufficient historical volume
New Mexico Unranked 346 1984 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas #561 630 1981 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia Unranked 525 1980 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi Unranked 665 1976 Insufficient historical volume
Wyoming Unranked 60 1985 Insufficient historical volume

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