Allison

#103 for girls in 2025, 2,564 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 98.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
2009 · 6,581 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
50 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
319,119
since 1908

Allison over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #30, 2009girls
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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#1032,564#10,6956
2024#992,631#8,9878
2023#1002,650
2022#1012,714#10,8636
2021#823,140#10,7996
2020#803,161#10,6056
2019#783,440#12,1455
2018#703,694#8,8198
2017#614,037
2016#504,786#12,1855
2015#395,356#7,49110
2014#395,476#8,1309
2013#345,446#6,60312
2012#385,428#8,8648
2011#405,472#7,50210
2010#385,868#8,1399
2009#306,581#7,69210
2008#326,241#4,90119
2007#465,454#12,3675
2006#475,564#10,6626
2005#455,634#5,87513
2004#405,873#3,73524
2003#465,850#6,71510
2002#446,239#4,70316
2001#446,215#4,12119
2000#446,315#6,8399
1999#407,026#6,04210
1998#387,861#6,8438
1997#397,274#6,1009
1996#387,455#5,18711
1995#348,126#3,19121
1994#348,150#4,53713
1993#417,729#3,81916
1992#486,903#3,22020
1991#506,773#3,81315
1990#487,136#2,69524
1989#467,282#2,15432
1988#467,145#1,84936
1987#447,341#2,05729
1986#427,575#1,45747
1985#467,028#2,07127
1984#516,041#2,03626
1983#594,973#2,08525
1982#585,170#1,85030
1981#574,904#1,66135
1980#594,868#1,96528
1979#704,406#2,04825
1978#753,864#1,96525
1977#664,205#1,90426
1976#674,028#1,60833
1975#893,347#2,20520
1974#992,959#1,79026
1973#1052,904#1,98221
1972#1152,797#1,96621
1971#1193,018#1,66828
1970#1332,630#1,65827
1969#1941,651#1,72823
1968#2021,536#1,45529
1967#2091,452#1,21538
1966#1841,768#1,29934
1965#1283,044#1,29435
1964#1812,077#1,04452
1963#2291,434#1,19542
1962#2411,313#1,10848
1961#2601,182#1,13648
1960#2771,068#1,04554
1959#2641,124#1,15645
1958#284987#1,13146
1957#434465#1,26738
1956#462402#1,72221
1955#498340#1,25536
1954#521290#1,15142
1953#512281#1,28034
1952#534255#1,11143
1951#524252#1,15039
1950#681157#1,13939
1949#705144#1,16337
1948#741130#1,23134
1947#870102#1,05347
1946#90885#96748
1945#1,14247#1,07836
1944#1,17545#1,01841
1943#1,32738#1,17034
1942#1,38734#1,05441
1941#1,38431#1,16932
1940#1,59124#1,13534
1939#1,40128#1,12033
1938#1,43727#1,12533
1937#1,49325#93245
1936#1,32130#89347
1935#1,30731#94045
1934#1,44026#89749
1933#2,05215#1,01340
1932#1,68521#1,03541
1931#2,02416#1,03142
1930#2,02317#97648
1929#2,43713#97548
1928#1,78422#87258
1927#1,66925#78670
1926#1,27937#76571
1925#2,11918#80168
1924#2,13718#79771
1923#1,89521#96151
1922#2,10918#92856
1921#1,43732#90160
1920#1,75123#91157
1919#1,92119#92752
1918#1,41130#90254
1917#2,20415#72372
1916#1,53324#74467
1915#2,25513#89348
1914#2,12511#75149
1913#2,5407#87131
1912#1,62012#89225
1911#1,6569#66722
1910#2,3985#98111
1909#1,0209
1908#1,8626#1,0218
1907#73513
1906#9278
1905#1,0027
1904#1,0646
1903#65612
1902#7949
1901#8587
1900#9029
1899#8577
1898#8857
1897#9426
1896#48118
1895#7958
1894#9546
1893
1892#7928
1891#6359
1890#60311
1889#7897
1888#1,0315
1887
1886#9595
1885#60410
1884#7647
1883#52712
1882#6529
1881#5959
1880#8096
First appearance
1908

The first year at least five girls were named Allison! It came in at #1,862, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1909–1910, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Allison
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#99#103)
  • 23 spots since 2020 (#80#103)
  • 64 spots since 2015 (#39#103)
  • Biggest jump: 234 spots in 1946 (#1,142#908)
  • Biggest drop: 56 spots in 1966 (#128#184)
Rise & fade · girls
101 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1908
  • Peaked 2009 at #30 (6,581 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 50 yrs · run 1974–2021
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1946–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 216
  • Highest: 1 in 216 girls born in 1995 were named Allison (0.46%)
  • Latest: 1 in 627 girls born in 2025 (0.16%)
  • Its best rank, #30 in 2009, was only 1 in 279 (0.36%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 23.3% of all girls named Allison (74,433) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,862 (1908)#1,862
1910s145#1,411 (1918)#1,966
1920s227#1,279 (1926)#1,862
1930s236#1,307 (1935)#1,618
1940s680#705 (1949)#1,123
1950s4,553#264 (1959)#471
1960s16,525#128 (1965)#211
1970s34,158#66 (1977)#94
1980s62,327#42 (1986)#51
1990s74,433#34 (1994)#41
2000s59,966#30 (2009)#42
2010s49,003#34 (2013)#49
2020s16,860#80 (2020)#94

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.

Allison in 1987

girls
#44
7,341 births · 1 in 237 girls
boys
#2,057
29 births · 1 in 64,379 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #44Allison7,341

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #2,057Allison29
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 237 of them was named Allison, which outranked 99.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allison
  1. #41Lindsey7,457
  2. #42Kristen7,361
  3. #43Vanessa7,348
  4. #44Allison7,341
  5. #45Shannon6,968
  6. #46Alicia6,776
  7. #47Chelsea6,631
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 1,808Janay#2,195#387
  2. 1,048Channing#1,638#590
  3. 786Ayla#1,380#594
  4. 714Yessenia#1,439#725
  5. 648Denisse#1,602#954
Fallers
  1. 1,153Halley#580#1,733
  2. 674Cherrelle#879#1,553
  3. 637Sharday#933#1,570
  4. 613Sharde#873#1,486
  5. 539Shardae#832#1,371

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

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 64,379 of them was named Allison, which outranked 74.8% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allison
  1. #2,020Valentine30
  2. #2,020Vijay30
  3. #2,020Wylie30
  4. #2,057Allison29
  5. #2,057Aram29
  6. #2,057Aris29
  7. #2,057Artemio29
  8. #2,115Abe28
  9. #2,115Ankit28
  10. #2,115Antonino28

Tied with 57 names at #2,057; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. 994Trevin#1,962#968
  2. 819Conner#1,617#798
  3. 593Mychal#1,363#770
  4. 503Jaren#1,457#954
  5. 457Corbin#1,049#592
Fallers
  1. 623Durell#816#1,439
  2. 336Jayce#694#1,030
  3. 267Rasheed#921#1,188
  4. 263Deshaun#971#1,234
  5. 260Britt#880#1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987