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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #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
2023#974265
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 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMNIllinois: #876 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,374 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWIMichigan: #781 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,718 girlsMINew York: #392 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 3,494 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedINOhio: #608 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,765 girlsOHPennsylvania: #688 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 12,409 girlsPANew Jersey: #431 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,817 girlsNJConnecticut: #330 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,077 girlsCTCalifornia: #637 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 7,194 girlsCAUtah: #248 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,185 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedCONebraska: #298 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,066 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWVVirginia: #599 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,961 girlsVAMaryland: #499 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,030 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #423 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,724 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #490 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,882 girlsLAMississippi: #541 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,070 girlsMSAlabama: #559 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,784 girlsALGeorgia: #682 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,908 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedHITexas: #1,005 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 14,174 girlsTXFlorida: #680 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,377 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#248 · 1 in 1,185
  2. Nebraska#298 · 1 in 2,066
  3. Connecticut#330 · 1 in 3,077
  4. New York#392 · 1 in 3,494
  5. South Carolina#423 · 1 in 3,724

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#24891 in 1,185
Nebraska#29871 in 2,066
Connecticut#33081 in 3,077
New York#392481 in 3,494
South Carolina#42371 in 3,724
New Jersey#431121 in 4,817
Louisiana#490101 in 3,882
Maryland#49951 in 6,030
Mississippi#54151 in 5,070
Alabama#55961 in 5,784
Virginia#59951 in 7,961
Ohio#608121 in 8,765
California#637241 in 7,194
Florida#68061 in 8,377
Georgia#68251 in 8,908
Pennsylvania#68891 in 12,409
Michigan#78161 in 14,718
Illinois#87671 in 15,374
Texas#1,00581 in 14,174
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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 1960

girls
#627
258 births · 1 in 7,837 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #627Allyson258
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 7,837 of them was named Allyson, which outranked 91.4% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allyson
  1. #624Bernadine260
  2. #624Lucia260
  3. #626Gigi259
  4. #627Allyson258
  5. #627Antonia258
  6. #627Kirsten258
  7. #630Lenore257
  8. #630Pattie257
  9. #630Simone257

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

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. 1,798Lisha#2,395#597
  2. 1,223Elana#2,108#885
  3. 667Leisha#1,537#870
  4. 513Misty#1,214#701
  5. 462Loriann#1,396#934
Fallers
  1. 421Taryn#771#1,192
  2. 335Cheryll#993#1,328
  3. 305Marilynn#724#1,029
  4. 304Drema#997#1,301
  5. 258Merrie#978#1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1960