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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#1,139203—
2024#914290—
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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—
1963#546316—
1962#552315—
1961#606276—
1960#627258—
1959#638244—
1958#715191—
1957#1,026104—
1956#1,08690—
1955#1,07488—
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 1969

  • 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: #497 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,052 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: #491 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,752 girlsMNIllinois: #777 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,420 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWIMichigan: #742 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,245 girlsMINew York: #401 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 2,725 girlsNYMassachusetts: #416 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,226 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: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedINOhio: #802 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,040 girlsOHPennsylvania: #584 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,976 girlsPANew Jersey: #419 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,099 girlsNJConnecticut: #316 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,097 girlsCTCalifornia: #517 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 3,806 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNEMissouri: #540 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,715 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWVVirginia: #535 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,562 girlsVAMaryland: #517 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,013 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #468 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,426 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #405 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,566 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMSAlabama: #477 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,736 girlsALGeorgia: #630 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,363 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedHITexas: #905 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 10,054 girlsTXFlorida: #815 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,875 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#316 · 1 in 2,097
  2. New York#401 · 1 in 2,725
  3. Louisiana#405 · 1 in 2,566
  4. Massachusetts#416 · 1 in 4,226
  5. New Jersey#419 · 1 in 3,099

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#316101 in 2,097
New York#401511 in 2,725
Louisiana#405121 in 2,566
Massachusetts#416101 in 4,226
New Jersey#419161 in 3,099
North Carolina#46891 in 4,426
Alabama#47771 in 3,736
Minnesota#49151 in 5,752
Washington#49761 in 4,052
California#517421 in 3,806
Maryland#51751 in 5,013
Virginia#53561 in 5,562
Missouri#54061 in 5,715
Pennsylvania#584121 in 6,976
Georgia#63061 in 6,363
Michigan#74271 in 10,245
Illinois#77791 in 9,420
Ohio#80271 in 12,040
Florida#81551 in 8,875
Texas#905101 in 10,054
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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 1969

girls
#565
304 births · 1 in 5,549 girls
boys
#4,404
5 births · 1 in 357,635 boys

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #565Allyson304

Top boys' names in 1969

  1. #1Michael85,162
  2. #2David63,672
  3. #3James59,886
  4. #4John58,732
  5. #5Robert58,300
  6. #6William37,607
  7. #7Christopher35,672
  8. #8Mark33,388
  9. #9Brian31,669
  10. #10Richard31,085
  11. #4,404Allyson5
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 5,549 of them was named Allyson, which outranked 93.5% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allyson
  1. #562Dara310
  2. #563Aretha309
  3. #564Denice307
  4. #565Allyson304
  5. #566Leeann303
  6. #567Karrie301
  7. #568Maritza299
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

boys

1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 357,635 of them was named Allyson, which outranked 12.7% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allyson
  1. #3,935Zach6
  2. #3,935Zeb6
  3. #3,935Zenon6
  4. #4,404Allyson5
  5. #4,404Abbott5
  6. #4,404Adrean5
  7. #4,404Adrin5

Tied with 639 names at #4,404; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,735Dedric#2,735 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 780Jameson#1,731 → #951
  3. ↑ 589Torrey#1,393 → #804
  4. ↑ 549Jamison#1,258 → #709
  5. ↑ 534Jemal#1,083 → #549
Fallers
  1. ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
  2. ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
  3. ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
  4. ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →