Alyson

Where Alyson comes from

Rare variant of Alison.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alyson
Along the way
  1. 1944
    First appearance
    #4,574 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Alyson Reed born
    American dancer and actress
  3. 1987
    Peak, #346
    694 babies named Alyson — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1993
    Alyson Stoner born
    American actor, singer and dancer
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #832.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Alyson Stoner · American actor, singer and dancer, born 1993
  • Alyson Reed · American dancer and actress, born 1958
  • Alyson Annan · Australian field hockey player, born 1973
  • Alyson Noël · American writer, born 1965
  • Alyson Court · Canadian actress, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.