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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202007peak #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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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 2007

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedAKMaine: #240 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 874 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #179 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 616 girlsNHWashington: #295 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,252 girlsWAIdaho: #381 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,425 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #174 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 519 girlsNDMinnesota: #368 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,787 girlsMNIllinois: #305 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,539 girlsILWisconsin: #225 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 944 girlsWIMichigan: #238 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,088 girlsMINew York: #294 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 1,504 girlsNYMassachusetts: #192 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 867 girlsMARhode Island: #162 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 576 girlsRIOregon: #315 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,290 girlsORNevada: #451 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,819 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedSDIowa: #237 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 995 girlsIAIndiana: #193 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 850 girlsINOhio: #172 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 808 girlsOHPennsylvania: #234 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,123 girlsPANew Jersey: #372 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,873 girlsNJConnecticut: #411 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,976 girlsCTCalifornia: #355 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 1,803 girlsCAUtah: #320 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,308 girlsUTColorado: #464 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,072 girlsCONebraska: #411 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,674 girlsNEMissouri: #184 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 780 girlsMOKentucky: #166 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 732 girlsKYWest Virginia: #149 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 541 girlsWVVirginia: #223 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,012 girlsVAMaryland: #278 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,223 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedDEArizona: #397 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,726 girlsAZNew Mexico: #235 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 852 girlsNMKansas: #151 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 612 girlsKSArkansas: #148 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 595 girlsARTennessee: #194 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 880 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #303 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,375 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #404 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,723 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #197 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 809 girlsOKLouisiana: #365 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,629 girlsLAMississippi: #164 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 671 girlsMSAlabama: #245 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,067 girlsALGeorgia: #360 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,749 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedHITexas: #255 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 1,272 girlsTXFlorida: #327 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 1,717 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#148 · 1 in 595
  2. West Virginia#149 · 1 in 541
  3. Kansas#151 · 1 in 612
  4. Rhode Island#162 · 1 in 576
  5. Mississippi#164 · 1 in 671

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#148211 in 595
West Virginia#149131 in 541
Kansas#151231 in 612
Rhode Island#16261 in 576
Mississippi#164191 in 671
Kentucky#166281 in 732
Ohio#172711 in 808
North Dakota#17451 in 519
New Hampshire#17971 in 616
Missouri#184381 in 780
Massachusetts#192321 in 867
Indiana#193391 in 850
Tennessee#194371 in 880
Oklahoma#197221 in 809
Virginia#223381 in 1,012
Wisconsin#225271 in 944
Pennsylvania#234501 in 1,123
New Mexico#235101 in 852
Iowa#237141 in 995
Michigan#238421 in 1,088
Maine#24051 in 874
Alabama#245201 in 1,067
Texas#2551331 in 1,272
Maryland#278211 in 1,223
New York#294651 in 1,504
Washington#295251 in 1,252
North Carolina#303351 in 1,375
Illinois#305441 in 1,539
Oregon#315131 in 1,290
Utah#320151 in 1,308
Florida#327521 in 1,717
California#3551311 in 1,803
Georgia#360311 in 1,749
Louisiana#365131 in 1,629
Minnesota#368151 in 1,787
New Jersey#372221 in 1,873
Idaho#38151 in 1,425
Arizona#397221 in 1,726
South Carolina#404111 in 1,723
Connecticut#41171 in 1,976
Nebraska#41151 in 1,674
Nevada#45171 in 1,819
Colorado#464121 in 2,072
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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 2007

girls
#270
1,262 births · 1 in 1,523 girls

Top girls' names in 2007

  1. #1Emily19,367
  2. #2Isabella19,143
  3. #3Emma18,390
  4. #4Ava18,053
  5. #5Madison17,968
  6. #6Sophia17,031
  7. #7Olivia16,589
  8. #8Abigail15,476
  9. #9Hannah13,323
  10. #10Elizabeth13,071
  11. #270Allyson1,262
More about 2007

girls

1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 1,523 of them was named Allyson, which outranked 98.7% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allyson
  1. #267Aniya1,271
  2. #268Nina1,270
  3. #269Kira1,266
  4. #270Allyson1,262
  5. #270Lola1,262
  6. #272Esther1,261
  7. #273Alayna1,248
  8. #274Ashlynn1,247

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

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. ↑ 16,568Jaslene#17,168 → #600
  2. ↑ 5,379Marely#6,125 → #746
  3. ↑ 2,556Audrina#3,264 → #708
  4. ↑ 2,506Jordin#3,090 → #584
  5. ↑ 1,358Azul#2,081 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 4,216Bethzy#881 → #5,097
  2. ↓ 346Akeelah#708 → #1,054
  3. ↓ 326Tayla#926 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 312Betsy#747 → #1,059
  5. ↓ 295Shakira#780 → #1,075

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

See the top 100 for 2007 →