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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #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 1984

  • 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: #188 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,069 girlsNHWashington: #467 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,357 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #328 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,607 girlsMNIllinois: #561 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,539 girlsILWisconsin: #499 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,106 girlsWIMichigan: #466 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,026 girlsMINew York: #323 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 2,046 girlsNYMassachusetts: #239 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,523 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedRIOregon: #303 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,957 girlsORNevada: 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: #335 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,561 girlsINOhio: #306 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,385 girlsOHPennsylvania: #347 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,520 girlsPANew Jersey: #320 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,174 girlsNJConnecticut: #254 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,635 girlsCTCalifornia: #501 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 3,439 girlsCAUtah: #264 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,357 girlsUTColorado: #263 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,545 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedNEMissouri: #464 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,920 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedWVVirginia: #348 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,614 girlsVAMaryland: #425 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,269 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedDEArizona: #589 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,221 girlsAZNew 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: #358 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,744 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #333 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,273 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #336 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,205 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #388 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,584 girlsOKLouisiana: #351 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,196 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedMSAlabama: #320 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,958 girlsALGeorgia: #327 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,100 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Allyson, so not publishedHITexas: #450 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 3,105 girlsTXFlorida: #467 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,426 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#188 · 1 in 1,069
  2. Massachusetts#239 · 1 in 1,523
  3. Connecticut#254 · 1 in 1,635
  4. Colorado#263 · 1 in 1,545
  5. Utah#264 · 1 in 1,357

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#18851 in 1,069
Massachusetts#239221 in 1,523
Connecticut#254101 in 1,635
Colorado#263141 in 1,545
Utah#264111 in 1,357
Oregon#30381 in 1,957
Ohio#306291 in 2,385
Alabama#320111 in 1,958
New Jersey#320181 in 2,174
New York#323511 in 2,046
Georgia#327171 in 2,100
Minnesota#328111 in 2,607
North Carolina#333151 in 2,273
Indiana#335131 in 2,561
South Carolina#33681 in 2,205
Pennsylvania#347271 in 2,520
Virginia#348121 in 2,614
Louisiana#351141 in 2,196
Tennessee#358101 in 2,744
Oklahoma#38881 in 2,584
Maryland#42571 in 3,269
Texas#450421 in 3,105
Missouri#46481 in 3,920
Michigan#466141 in 4,026
Florida#467181 in 3,426
Washington#46781 in 3,357
Wisconsin#49961 in 5,106
California#501561 in 3,439
Illinois#561161 in 4,539
Arizona#58951 in 4,221
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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 1984

girls
#397
542 births · 1 in 3,107 girls

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #397Allyson542
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 3,107 of them was named Allyson, which outranked 96.7% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Allyson
  1. #394Jackie546
  2. #395Jolene545
  3. #396Ryan543
  4. #397Allyson542
  5. #397Elena542
  6. #399Alma530
  7. #399Audra530
  8. #401Guadalupe528

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

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 8,259Santana#9,015#756
  2. 2,419Tasia#3,151#732
  3. 2,198Teela#3,065#867
  4. 1,074Grisel#1,858#784
  5. 894Kaylee#1,715#821
Fallers
  1. 1,856Dwan#874#2,730
  2. 720Toccara#937#1,657
  3. 713Kaleena#547#1,260
  4. 303Karie#1,000#1,303
  5. 300Karyn#820#1,120

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

See the top 100 for 1984