Allyson
Allyson is ranked 909th among girls in 2024 (290 births). Its best rank was 186th, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- #909up 63 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2900.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 19981,651 births
- Best rank
- #186in 1998
- Since 1945
- 53,553people given the name
The story in the numbers
53,553 girls have been named Allyson in the United States since 1945, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 1,651 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 330 → 909).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 25%. It has spent 70 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Allyson | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 231 | |
| 1950s | 1,205 | |
| 1960s | 3,085 | |
| 1970s | 4,745 | |
| 1980s | 7,206 | |
| 1990s | 13,263 | |
| 2000s | 12,951 | |
| 2010s | 9,117 | |
| 2020s | 1,750 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Allyson was the 186th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Allyson
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kallypeak 2007
- Mollipeak 2014
- Karalynpeak 1996
- Magalypeak 2001
- Sarinapeak 1996
- Angelikapeak 2006
- Christiannapeak 2000
- Janaepeak 2000
Other spellings in the data
- Allison320,344 ever
- Alison116,237 ever
- Alyson29,572 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.