Alson
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,765
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 526since 1888
Alson over time
Rank among boys' names. Alson has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | — | |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,387 | 12 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #2,614 | 11 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,091 | 14 |
| 1916 | #1,698 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,878 | 15 |
| 1914 | #2,101 | 10 |
| 1913 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Alson! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Alson is popular in 1935
No state had 5 or more boys named Alson in 1935, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alson
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1888 at #1,031 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 24,170 boys born in 1888 were named Alson (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 172,289 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 19.8% of all boys named Alson (104) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,031 (1888) | #1,031 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 104 | #1,698 (1916) | #2,014 |
| 1920s | 104 | #1,787 (1926) | #2,812 |
| 1930s | 78 | #2,121 (1934) | #2,720 |
| 1940s | 53 | #2,467 (1944) | #3,107 |
| 1950s | 52 | #2,153 (1952) | #2,554 |
| 1960s | 10 | #3,930 (1965) | #3,982 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,587 (1976) | #5,587 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 18 | #7,178 (1990) | #7,406 |
| 2000s | 26 | #9,581 (2003) | #11,510 |
| 2010s | 45 | #8,744 (2015) | #9,241 |
| 2020s | 26 | #7,765 (2024) | #10,729 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alson in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 104,135 of them was named Alson, which outranked 42.2% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,246Weyman11
- #2,246Winthrop11
- #2,246Wyndell11
- #2,396Alson10
- #2,396Akira10
- #2,396Alcide10
- #2,396Alvino10
- #2,529Abran9
- #2,529Aime9
- #2,529Alberta9
Tied with 132 names at #2,396; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.