Alison
#476 for girls in 2025, 644 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 2,975 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 116,886since 1905
Alison over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #476 | 644 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #465 | 674 | — | |
| 2023 | #471 | 654 | — | |
| 2022 | #458 | 692 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #473 | 660 | — | |
| 2020 | #440 | 699 | — | |
| 2019 | #413 | 758 | — | |
| 2018 | #400 | 770 | — | |
| 2017 | #383 | 816 | — | |
| 2016 | #343 | 974 | — | |
| 2015 | #338 | 967 | — | |
| 2014 | #292 | 1,118 | — | |
| 2013 | #298 | 1,072 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #275 | 1,184 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #253 | 1,272 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #269 | 1,219 | — | |
| 2009 | #228 | 1,448 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #275 | 1,247 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #290 | 1,170 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #271 | 1,217 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #260 | 1,256 | — | |
| 2004 | #229 | 1,433 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #233 | 1,413 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #232 | 1,361 | — | |
| 2001 | #233 | 1,360 | — | |
| 2000 | #231 | 1,381 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #202 | 1,527 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #188 | 1,642 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #173 | 1,763 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #166 | 1,901 | — | |
| 1995 | #162 | 1,952 | — | |
| 1994 | #153 | 2,121 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #141 | 2,241 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #147 | 2,066 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #142 | 2,153 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #132 | 2,363 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #119 | 2,488 | #2,416 | 27 |
| 1988 | #113 | 2,541 | #3,705 | 13 |
| 1987 | #100 | 2,771 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #96 | 2,975 | #2,226 | 25 |
| 1985 | #97 | 2,829 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #110 | 2,512 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #116 | 2,491 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #111 | 2,727 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #113 | 2,704 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #101 | 2,980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #102 | 2,938 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #123 | 2,433 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #122 | 2,372 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #118 | 2,272 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | #127 | 2,267 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #135 | 2,079 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #146 | 1,928 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #162 | 1,808 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #143 | 2,210 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #187 | 1,763 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #269 | 1,077 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #291 | 904 | — | |
| 1967 | #284 | 895 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #270 | 959 | — | |
| 1965 | #221 | 1,461 | — | |
| 1964 | #226 | 1,451 | — | |
| 1963 | #234 | 1,389 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #225 | 1,421 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #231 | 1,409 | — | |
| 1960 | #246 | 1,267 | — | |
| 1959 | #254 | 1,197 | — | |
| 1958 | #281 | 993 | — | |
| 1957 | #380 | 567 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #359 | 592 | — | |
| 1955 | #378 | 545 | — | |
| 1954 | #344 | 619 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #383 | 492 | — | |
| 1952 | #393 | 440 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #404 | 418 | — | |
| 1950 | #428 | 353 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #449 | 316 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #497 | 268 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #557 | 233 | — | |
| 1946 | #540 | 214 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #678 | 120 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | #867 | 77 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #965 | 67 | — | |
| 1942 | #873 | 78 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #1,294 | 35 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,079 | 44 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,091 | 43 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,160 | 38 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #961 | 51 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,197 | 35 | — | |
| 1934 | #973 | 50 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,442 | 26 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,213 | 35 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #1,840 | 22 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,048 | 19 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
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| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Alison! It came in at #1,538, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1911, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Alison is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Hampshire#64 · 1 in 255
- Minnesota#70 · 1 in 314
- Rhode Island#74 · 1 in 298
- Connecticut#75 · 1 in 308
- North Dakota#78 · 1 in 289
Best ever in a state: #46 in Connecticut, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #64 | 27 | 1 in 255 |
| Minnesota | #70 | 90 | 1 in 314 |
| Rhode Island | #74 | 18 | 1 in 298 |
| Connecticut | #75 | 62 | 1 in 308 |
| North Dakota | #78 | 13 | 1 in 289 |
| Massachusetts | #81 | 108 | 1 in 356 |
| New Jersey | #85 | 123 | 1 in 390 |
| Vermont | #87 | 9 | 1 in 305 |
| Nebraska | #89 | 23 | 1 in 396 |
| Delaware | #94 | 10 | 1 in 369 |
| Maine | #97 | 15 | 1 in 420 |
| Iowa | #99 | 36 | 1 in 441 |
| Colorado | #100 | 44 | 1 in 468 |
| South Dakota | #102 | 9 | 1 in 408 |
| Pennsylvania | #104 | 134 | 1 in 536 |
| Maryland | #107 | 50 | 1 in 554 |
| New York | #107 | 213 | 1 in 558 |
| Washington | #108 | 55 | 1 in 536 |
| Idaho | #109 | 11 | 1 in 467 |
| Kansas | #109 | 29 | 1 in 487 |
| Ohio | #111 | 113 | 1 in 618 |
| Michigan | #112 | 103 | 1 in 587 |
| Wisconsin | #113 | 51 | 1 in 574 |
| Illinois | #114 | 128 | 1 in 604 |
| Indiana | #117 | 55 | 1 in 624 |
| Oregon | #117 | 28 | 1 in 574 |
| Missouri | #118 | 52 | 1 in 626 |
| Montana | #120 | 8 | 1 in 448 |
| Kentucky | #124 | 32 | 1 in 665 |
| Arkansas | #125 | 20 | 1 in 625 |
| Virginia | #125 | 54 | 1 in 687 |
| Utah | #128 | 22 | 1 in 611 |
| Louisiana | #135 | 34 | 1 in 757 |
| West Virginia | #146 | 12 | 1 in 733 |
| North Carolina | #147 | 47 | 1 in 866 |
| Hawaii | #151 | 8 | 1 in 631 |
| Nevada | #153 | 8 | 1 in 768 |
| Georgia | #158 | 45 | 1 in 930 |
| Alabama | #162 | 25 | 1 in 907 |
| Alaska | #162 | 6 | 1 in 589 |
| Florida | #165 | 79 | 1 in 975 |
| South Carolina | #170 | 22 | 1 in 900 |
| California | #173 | 262 | 1 in 931 |
| Oklahoma | #182 | 18 | 1 in 958 |
| Arizona | #183 | 27 | 1 in 942 |
| Mississippi | #196 | 14 | 1 in 978 |
| Tennessee | #213 | 23 | 1 in 1,295 |
| New Mexico | #220 | 9 | 1 in 1,017 |
| Texas | #237 | 98 | 1 in 1,361 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Alison
- 11 spots since 2024 (#465 → #476)
- 36 spots since 2020 (#440 → #476)
- 138 spots since 2015 (#338 → #476)
- Biggest jump: 469 spots in 1934 (#1,442 → #973)
- Biggest drop: 224 spots in 1935 (#973 → #1,197)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1986 at #96 (2,975 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1985–1987
- Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1942–2025
- Highest: 1 in 546 girls born in 1979 were named Alison (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,496 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #96 in 1986, was only 1 in 577 (0.17%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.1% of all girls named Alison (27,018) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 12 | #1,538 (1905) | #1,800 |
| 1910s | 134 | #1,344 (1914) | #1,939 |
| 1920s | 198 | #1,502 (1928) | #2,048 |
| 1930s | 367 | #961 (1936) | #1,241 |
| 1940s | 1,450 | #449 (1949) | #783 |
| 1950s | 6,216 | #254 (1959) | #360 |
| 1960s | 12,233 | #221 (1965) | #250 |
| 1970s | 22,070 | #102 (1979) | #137 |
| 1980s | 27,018 | #96 (1986) | #108 |
| 1990s | 19,729 | #132 (1990) | #161 |
| 2000s | 13,286 | #228 (2009) | #248 |
| 2010s | 10,150 | #253 (2011) | #326 |
| 2020s | 4,023 | #440 (2020) | #464 |
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.
Alison in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 741 of them was named Alison, which outranked 99.2% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 74,108 of them was named Alison, which outranked 73.8% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,359Ward28
- #2,359Winfred28
- #2,359Zacharie28
- #2,416Alison27
- #2,416Amy27
- #2,416Anish27
- #2,416Arkeem27
- #2,469Abdiel26
- #2,469Adolph26
- #2,469Akash26
Tied with 52 names at #2,416; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.