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

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Peak · girls
1998 · 1,651 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
53,758
since 1945

Allyson over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Allyson has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #186, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#1,139203—
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2022#843332—
2021#696414—
2020#642450—
2019#628477—
2018#559557—
2017#486641—
2016#423773—
2015#363908—
2014#3301,013—
2013#3231,008—
2012#2561,267—
2011#2651,213—
2010#2591,261—
2009#2501,318—
2008#2681,275—
2007#2701,262—
2006#2591,271—
2005#2571,271—
2004#2381,367—
2003#2491,306—
2002#2341,349—
2001#2621,221—
2000#2441,312—
1999#2071,483—
1998#1861,651—
1997#2251,335—
1996#2321,222—
1995#2181,291—
1994#2101,395—
1993#2121,345—
1992#2291,200—
1991#2451,141—
1990#2361,199#8,1175
1989#2431,120—
1988#2531,014—
1987#262962—
1986#297823—
1985#356665—
1984#397542—
1983#449458—
1982#408563—
1981#431492—
1980#401567—
1979#397551—
1978#372570#5,7725
1977#376562—
1976#419480—
1975#435455—
1974#433447—
1973#422463#4,5056
1972#460403—
1971#452454—
1970#528360—
1969#565304#4,4045
1968#593262—
1967#572274—
1966#617236—
1965#445453—
1964#492391—
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1961#606276—
1960#627258—
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1957#1,026104—
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1954#910112—
1953#906107—
1952#1,01386—
1951#863108—
1950#1,06475—
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1947#1,23853—
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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 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNHWashington: #483 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,634 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMNIllinois: #780 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,847 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMINew York: #500 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 5,418 girlsNYMassachusetts: #393 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,402 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedIAIndiana: #656 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,981 girlsINOhio: #629 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,687 girlsOHPennsylvania: #689 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 12,339 girlsPANew Jersey: #468 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,338 girlsNJConnecticut: #304 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,456 girlsCTCalifornia: #583 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 5,837 girlsCAUtah: #320 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,766 girlsUTColorado: #405 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,839 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNEMissouri: #566 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,383 girlsMOKentucky: #414 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,986 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWVVirginia: #449 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,463 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #482 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,877 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #436 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,705 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMSAlabama: #607 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,872 girlsALGeorgia: #572 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,364 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedHITexas: #1,034 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,970 girlsTXFlorida: #584 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,258 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#304 · 1 in 2,456
  2. Utah#320 · 1 in 1,766
  3. Massachusetts#393 · 1 in 5,402
  4. Colorado#405 · 1 in 2,839
  5. Kentucky#414 · 1 in 3,986

Best ever in a state: #71 in West Virginia, 1998.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#304101 in 2,456
Utah#32061 in 1,766
Massachusetts#393101 in 5,402
Colorado#40571 in 2,839
Kentucky#41481 in 3,986
South Carolina#43671 in 3,705
Virginia#44991 in 4,463
New Jersey#468111 in 5,338
North Carolina#482101 in 4,877
Washington#48361 in 4,634
New York#500311 in 5,418
Missouri#56661 in 7,383
Georgia#57271 in 6,364
California#583301 in 5,837
Florida#58481 in 6,258
Alabama#60751 in 6,872
Ohio#629121 in 8,687
Indiana#65651 in 9,981
Pennsylvania#68991 in 12,339
Illinois#78091 in 11,847
Texas#1,03481 in 13,970
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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
  • 225 spots since 2024 (#914 → #1,139)
  • 497 spots since 2020 (#642 → #1,139)
  • 776 spots since 2015 (#363 → #1,139)
  • Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1958 (#1,026 → #715)
  • Biggest drop: 225 spots in 2025 (#914 → #1,139)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s231#1,109 (1949)#1,407
1950s1,205#638 (1959)#930
1960s3,085#445 (1965)#562
1970s4,745#372 (1978)#429
1980s7,206#243 (1989)#350
1990s13,262#186 (1998)#220
2000s12,952#234 (2002)#253
2010s9,118#256 (2012)#389
2020s1,954#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.

Allyson in 1961

girls
#606
276 births · 1 in 7,313 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #606Allyson276
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 7,313 of them was named Allyson, which outranked 91.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allyson
  1. #602Luz280
  2. #602Shawna280
  3. #605Estella277
  4. #606Allyson276
  5. #606Lesia276
  6. #606Lesley276
  7. #606Nita276
  8. #610Adele275
  9. #610Antonia275
  10. #610Janell275

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1961 →