Alyson

#1,388 for girls in 2025, 157 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #11,356
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1987 · 694 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
29,730
since 1944

Alyson over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alyson has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #346, 1987girls
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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#1,388157
2024#1,231191
2023#1,199200
2022#1,199201
2021#1,028247
2020#1,063233
2019#939281
2018#887305
2017#832326
2016#799356
2015#680419
2014#594496
2013#577498
2012#541555
2011#480620
2010#510588
2009#480642
2008#483654
2007#524595
2006#472668
2005#470652
2004#456658#11,3565
2003#444675
2002#447647
2001#456607
2000#463599
1999#433635
1998#410658
1997#414632
1996#397668
1995#396662
1994#372700
1993#364699
1992#399643
1991#442576
1990#358741
1989#354725
1988#374643
1987#346694
1986#368638#6,7215
1985#409549
1984#447464
1983#444463
1982#463455
1981#466455
1980#447478
1979#429487
1978#460429
1977#476405
1976#487376
1975#513346
1974#555300
1973#588268
1972#607262
1971#627265
1970#688229
1969#897138
1968#887134
1967#935119
1966#960112
1965#738182
1964#737199
1963#819161
1962#985118
1961#879147
1960#1,063102
1959#1,047104
1958#994109
1957#1,55048
1956#1,31962
1955#1,33457
1954#1,46547
1953#1,64836
1952#1,29754
1951#1,52838
1950#1,72030
1949#1,62733
1948#1,95324
1947#1,94625
1946#1,86024
1945#3,6767
1944#4,5745
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First appearance
1944

The first year at least five girls were named Alyson! It came in at #4,574, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1944–1945, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Alyson is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #142 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 648 girlsNHWashington: #594 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,554 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #362 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,235 girlsMNIllinois: #499 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,616 girlsILWisconsin: #465 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,830 girlsWIMichigan: #613 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,711 girlsMINew York: #399 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 2,546 girlsNYMassachusetts: #188 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,014 girlsMARhode Island: #169 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 883 girlsRIOregon: #447 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,946 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedIAIndiana: #426 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,523 girlsINOhio: #414 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,507 girlsOHPennsylvania: #427 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,494 girlsPANew Jersey: #259 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,468 girlsNJConnecticut: #216 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,187 girlsCTCalifornia: #537 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 3,648 girlsCAUtah: #283 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,633 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedNEMissouri: #632 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,196 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedWVVirginia: #457 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,524 girlsVAMaryland: #339 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,051 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedDEArizona: #515 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,190 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedARTennessee: #621 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,609 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #444 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,307 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #445 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,923 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #543 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,498 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedALGeorgia: #593 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,692 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alyson, so not publishedHITexas: #724 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,910 girlsTXFlorida: #498 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,324 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#142 · 1 in 648
  2. Rhode Island#169 · 1 in 883
  3. Massachusetts#188 · 1 in 1,014
  4. Connecticut#216 · 1 in 1,187
  5. New Jersey#259 · 1 in 1,468

Best ever in a state: #85 in Vermont, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#14271 in 648
Rhode Island#16951 in 883
Massachusetts#188291 in 1,014
Connecticut#216121 in 1,187
New Jersey#259251 in 1,468
Utah#28391 in 1,633
Maryland#33991 in 2,051
Minnesota#36281 in 3,235
New York#399401 in 2,546
Ohio#414201 in 3,507
Indiana#426101 in 3,523
Pennsylvania#427191 in 3,494
North Carolina#444101 in 3,307
South Carolina#44561 in 2,923
Oregon#44751 in 2,946
Virginia#45781 in 3,524
Wisconsin#46561 in 4,830
Florida#498131 in 3,324
Illinois#499201 in 3,616
Arizona#51551 in 3,190
California#537411 in 3,648
Louisiana#54381 in 3,498
Georgia#59371 in 4,692
Washington#59451 in 4,554
Michigan#613101 in 5,711
Tennessee#62151 in 5,609
Missouri#63251 in 6,196
Texas#724171 in 5,910
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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 Alyson
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 157 spots since 2024 (#1,231#1,388)
  • 325 spots since 2020 (#1,063#1,388)
  • 708 spots since 2015 (#680#1,388)
  • Biggest jump: 556 spots in 1958 (#1,550#994)
  • Biggest drop: 222 spots in 1966 (#738#960)
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1987 at #346 (694 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 30 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1961–2019
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,505
  • Highest: 1 in 2,505 girls born in 1987 were named Alyson (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,237 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 22.2% of all girls named Alyson (6,614) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s118#1,627 (1949)#2,606
1950s585#994 (1958)#1,390
1960s1,412#737 (1964)#890
1970s3,367#429 (1979)#543
1980s5,564#346 (1987)#412
1990s6,614#358 (1990)#399
2000s6,397#444 (2003)#470
2010s4,444#480 (2011)#684
2020s1,229#1,028 (2021)#1,185

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.

Alyson in 1977

girls
#476
405 births · 1 in 3,786 girls

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #476Alyson405
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 3,786 of them was named Alyson, which outranked 95.8% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alyson
  1. #472Maggie410
  2. #472Ronda410
  3. #475Karina406
  4. #476Alyson405
  5. #477Glenda403
  6. #478Carly401
  7. #479Genevieve399
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 1,746Shawnte#2,486#740
  2. 1,077Jacklyn#2,060#983
  3. 775Talia#1,482#707
  4. 605Haley#1,047#442
  5. 576Raven#1,154#578
Fallers
  1. 1,033Liberty#543#1,576
  2. 464Luciana#545#1,009
  3. 441Danyel#999#1,440
  4. 428Chaka#897#1,325
  5. 322Catina#861#1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1977