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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #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—
1949#1,10966—
1948#1,13562—
1947#1,23853—
1946#1,55932—
1945#1,99318—
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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 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedAKMaine: #221 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,182 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #182 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 907 girlsNHWashington: #482 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,253 girlsWAIdaho: #259 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,255 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #396 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,697 girlsMNIllinois: #384 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,494 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWIMichigan: #695 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,139 girlsMINew York: #279 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 1,567 girlsNYMassachusetts: #236 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,401 girlsMARhode Island: #151 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 736 girlsRIOregon: 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: #379 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,157 girlsIAIndiana: #426 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,523 girlsINOhio: #353 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,698 girlsOHPennsylvania: #321 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 2,213 girlsPANew Jersey: #189 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 992 girlsNJConnecticut: #192 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,018 girlsCTCalifornia: #477 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 2,991 girlsCAUtah: #283 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,633 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNEMissouri: #554 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,163 girlsMOKentucky: #376 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,732 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWVVirginia: #293 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,762 girlsVAMaryland: #369 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,307 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedDEArizona: #515 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,190 girlsAZNew 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: #279 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,650 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #355 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,362 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #299 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,594 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #423 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,819 girlsOKLouisiana: #309 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,646 girlsLAMississippi: #444 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,635 girlsMSAlabama: #343 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,091 girlsALGeorgia: #329 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,824 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedHITexas: #542 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,721 girlsTXFlorida: #562 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,928 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Rhode Island#151 · 1 in 736
  2. New Hampshire#182 · 1 in 907
  3. New Jersey#189 · 1 in 992
  4. Connecticut#192 · 1 in 1,018
  5. Maine#221 · 1 in 1,182

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#15161 in 736
New Hampshire#18251 in 907
New Jersey#189371 in 992
Connecticut#192141 in 1,018
Maine#22151 in 1,182
Massachusetts#236211 in 1,401
Idaho#25951 in 1,255
New York#279651 in 1,567
Tennessee#279171 in 1,650
Utah#28391 in 1,633
Virginia#293161 in 1,762
South Carolina#299111 in 1,594
Louisiana#309171 in 1,646
Pennsylvania#321301 in 2,213
Georgia#329181 in 1,824
Alabama#343111 in 2,091
Ohio#353261 in 2,698
North Carolina#355141 in 2,362
Maryland#36981 in 2,307
Kentucky#37691 in 2,732
Iowa#37961 in 3,157
Illinois#384291 in 2,494
Minnesota#39671 in 3,697
Oklahoma#42361 in 2,819
Indiana#426101 in 3,523
Mississippi#44461 in 2,635
California#477501 in 2,991
Washington#48271 in 3,253
Arizona#51551 in 3,190
Texas#542271 in 3,721
Missouri#55461 in 5,163
Florida#562111 in 3,928
Michigan#69581 in 7,139
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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 1977

girls
#376
562 births · 1 in 2,728 girls

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #376Allyson562
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 2,728 of them was named Allyson, which outranked 96.7% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allyson
  1. #373Roberta575
  2. #374Loretta571
  3. #375Alma564
  4. #376Allyson562
  5. #377Lee561
  6. #378Michael560
  7. #379Elisa556
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →