Allyson
- #1,139 for girls in 2025, 203 births
- Last seen for boys in 1990 at #8,117
- Given to girls >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 1,651 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 53,758since 1945
Allyson over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Allyson has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,139 | 203 | — | |
| 2024 | #914 | 290 | — | |
| 2023 | #974 | 265 | — | |
| 2022 | #843 | 332 | — | |
| 2021 | #696 | 414 | — | |
| 2020 | #642 | 450 | — | |
| 2019 | #628 | 477 | — | |
| 2018 | #559 | 557 | — | |
| 2017 | #486 | 641 | — | |
| 2016 | #423 | 773 | — | |
| 2015 | #363 | 908 | — | |
| 2014 | #330 | 1,013 | — | |
| 2013 | #323 | 1,008 | — | |
| 2012 | #256 | 1,267 | — | |
| 2011 | #265 | 1,213 | — | |
| 2010 | #259 | 1,261 | — | |
| 2009 | #250 | 1,318 | — | |
| 2008 | #268 | 1,275 | — | |
| 2007 | #270 | 1,262 | — | |
| 2006 | #259 | 1,271 | — | |
| 2005 | #257 | 1,271 | — | |
| 2004 | #238 | 1,367 | — | |
| 2003 | #249 | 1,306 | — | |
| 2002 | #234 | 1,349 | — | |
| 2001 | #262 | 1,221 | — | |
| 2000 | #244 | 1,312 | — | |
| 1999 | #207 | 1,483 | — | |
| 1998 | #186 | 1,651 | — | |
| 1997 | #225 | 1,335 | — | |
| 1996 | #232 | 1,222 | — | |
| 1995 | #218 | 1,291 | — | |
| 1994 | #210 | 1,395 | — | |
| 1993 | #212 | 1,345 | — | |
| 1992 | #229 | 1,200 | — | |
| 1991 | #245 | 1,141 | — | |
| 1990 | #236 | 1,199 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #243 | 1,120 | — | |
| 1988 | #253 | 1,014 | — | |
| 1987 | #262 | 962 | — | |
| 1986 | #297 | 823 | — | |
| 1985 | #356 | 665 | — | |
| 1984 | #397 | 542 | — | |
| 1983 | #449 | 458 | — | |
| 1982 | #408 | 563 | — | |
| 1981 | #431 | 492 | — | |
| 1980 | #401 | 567 | — | |
| 1979 | #397 | 551 | — | |
| 1978 | #372 | 570 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #376 | 562 | — | |
| 1976 | #419 | 480 | — | |
| 1975 | #435 | 455 | — | |
| 1974 | #433 | 447 | — | |
| 1973 | #422 | 463 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #460 | 403 | — | |
| 1971 | #452 | 454 | — | |
| 1970 | #528 | 360 | — | |
| 1969 | #565 | 304 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #593 | 262 | — | |
| 1967 | #572 | 274 | — | |
| 1966 | #617 | 236 | — | |
| 1965 | #445 | 453 | — | |
| 1964 | #492 | 391 | — | |
| 1963 | #546 | 316 | — | |
| 1962 | #552 | 315 | — | |
| 1961 | #606 | 276 | — | |
| 1960 | #627 | 258 | — | |
| 1959 | #638 | 244 | — | |
| 1958 | #715 | 191 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,026 | 104 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,086 | 90 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,074 | 88 | — | |
| 1954 | #910 | 112 | — | |
| 1953 | #906 | 107 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,013 | 86 | — | |
| 1951 | #863 | 108 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,064 | 75 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,109 | 66 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,135 | 62 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,238 | 53 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,559 | 32 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | — | |
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First appearance
1945
The first year at least five girls were named Allyson! It came in at #1,993, and was given to 18 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1945, when fewer than 19 girls a year got the name.
Where Allyson is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Florida#515 · 1 in 2,479
- Maryland#731 · 1 in 3,331
- South Carolina#773 · 1 in 3,658
- Colorado#789 · 1 in 3,888
- Texas#840 · 1 in 4,587
Best ever in a state: #71 in West Virginia, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #515 | 35 | 1 in 2,479 |
| Maryland | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,331 |
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Colorado | #789 | 6 | 1 in 3,888 |
| Texas | #840 | 35 | 1 in 4,587 |
| Missouri | #926 | 5 | 1 in 4,860 |
| Indiana | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 5,582 |
| New Jersey | #1,036 | 6 | 1 in 5,917 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| California | #1,149 | 22 | 1 in 7,351 |
| New York | #1,312 | 10 | 1 in 7,833 |
| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Allyson
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 497 spots since 2020 (#642 → #1,139)
- Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1958
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1998 at #186 (1,651 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 70 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1958–2024
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,070
- Highest: 1 in 1,070 girls born in 1998 were named Allyson (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,918 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 24.7% of all girls named Allyson (13,262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 231 | #1,109 (1949) | #1,407 |
| 1950s | 1,205 | #638 (1959) | #930 |
| 1960s | 3,085 | #445 (1965) | #562 |
| 1970s | 4,745 | #372 (1978) | #429 |
| 1980s | 7,206 | #243 (1989) | #350 |
| 1990s | 13,262 | #186 (1998) | #220 |
| 2000s | 12,952 | #234 (2002) | #253 |
| 2010s | 9,118 | #256 (2012) | #389 |
| 2020s | 1,954 | #642 (2020) | #868 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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