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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Allyson has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Vermont#100 · 1 in 410
- Maine#189 · 1 in 986
- New Jersey#195 · 1 in 1,036
- Massachusetts#198 · 1 in 1,236
- West Virginia#248 · 1 in 1,475
Best ever in a state: #71 in West Virginia, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #100 | 6 | 1 in 410 |
| Maine | #189 | 6 | 1 in 986 |
| New Jersey | #195 | 35 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Massachusetts | #198 | 24 | 1 in 1,236 |
| West Virginia | #248 | 8 | 1 in 1,475 |
| Utah | #265 | 11 | 1 in 1,379 |
| Connecticut | #268 | 9 | 1 in 1,576 |
| Pennsylvania | #275 | 36 | 1 in 1,833 |
| North Carolina | #279 | 19 | 1 in 1,704 |
| Indiana | #294 | 18 | 1 in 1,933 |
| Nebraska | #302 | 5 | 1 in 1,965 |
| Louisiana | #308 | 17 | 1 in 1,619 |
| Ohio | #310 | 31 | 1 in 2,224 |
| Virginia | #324 | 13 | 1 in 2,141 |
| Kentucky | #331 | 10 | 1 in 2,389 |
| New York | #345 | 47 | 1 in 2,092 |
| Kansas | #348 | 6 | 1 in 2,239 |
| Michigan | #350 | 22 | 1 in 2,616 |
| Colorado | #355 | 8 | 1 in 2,162 |
| South Carolina | #367 | 8 | 1 in 2,132 |
| Iowa | #372 | 6 | 1 in 3,098 |
| Florida | #374 | 19 | 1 in 2,317 |
| Alabama | #389 | 9 | 1 in 2,417 |
| Arkansas | #398 | 5 | 1 in 2,516 |
| Maryland | #401 | 7 | 1 in 2,608 |
| Oregon | #401 | 6 | 1 in 2,574 |
| Georgia | #444 | 11 | 1 in 2,932 |
| Mississippi | #446 | 6 | 1 in 2,556 |
| Minnesota | #449 | 6 | 1 in 4,423 |
| Texas | #465 | 35 | 1 in 2,954 |
| Illinois | #475 | 21 | 1 in 3,376 |
| Wisconsin | #481 | 6 | 1 in 4,827 |
| California | #511 | 46 | 1 in 3,333 |
| Washington | #515 | 6 | 1 in 3,824 |
| Missouri | #570 | 6 | 1 in 5,109 |
| Tennessee | #621 | 5 | 1 in 5,573 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1945
- Peaked 1998 at #186 (1,651 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 70 yrs · run 1958–2024
- 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%)
- 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.
Allyson in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 2,687 of them was named Allyson, which outranked 96.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 328,367 of them was named Allyson, which outranked 14.6% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 990 names at #5,772; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.