Allyson

Where Allyson comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Allyson.

  • Germanic
Allyson through the years
  1. 1945
    First appearance
    #1,993 among girls with 18 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1948
    Allyson Schwartz born
    American politician
  3. 1985
    Allyson Felix born
    American track and field athlete
  4. 1998
    Peak, #186
    1,651 babies named Allyson, the most in any year.
  5. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #423.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Alison.
Namesakes
  • Allyson Felix · American track and field athlete, born 1985
  • Allyson Schwartz · American politician, born 1948
  • Allyson Swaby · Jamaican footballer, born 1996
  • Allyson Ponson · Aruban swimmer, born 1995
  • Allyson Maynard Gibson · Bahamian barrister, politician, and community rights advocate, born 1957

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.