Alison
Rank in 2025
#476
recorded as girls
#12008
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
649
girls 644 · boys 5
Peak year
1979
2,938 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
117,481
since 1905
Born an Alison? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Alison was most popular in 1979, when 2,938 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.8 per 1,000). In 2025, 644 babies were named Alison, ranking #476 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 644 | 476 | 5 | 12008 |
| 2024 | 674 | 465 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 654 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 692 | 458 | 6 | 10863 |
| 2021 | 660 | 473 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 699 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 758 | 413 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 770 | 400 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 816 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 974 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 967 | 338 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 1,118 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 1,072 | 298 | 6 | 10728 |
| 2012 | 1,184 | 275 | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | 1,272 | 253 | 6 | 10808 |
| 2010 | 1,219 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 1,448 | 228 | 9 | 8310 |
| 2008 | 1,247 | 275 | 7 | 9871 |
| 2007 | 1,170 | 290 | 10 | 7590 |
| 2006 | 1,217 | 271 | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | 1,256 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,433 | 229 | 5 | 11356 |
| 2003 | 1,413 | 233 | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | 1,361 | 232 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,360 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 1,381 | 231 | 5 | 10349 |
| 1999 | 1,527 | 202 | 9 | 6530 |
| 1998 | 1,642 | 188 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 1,763 | 173 | 7 | 7281 |
| 1996 | 1,901 | 166 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 1,952 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 2,121 | 153 | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | 2,241 | 141 | 6 | 7638 |
| 1992 | 2,066 | 147 | 7 | 6670 |
| 1991 | 2,153 | 142 | 13 | 4231 |
| 1990 | 2,363 | 132 | 13 | 4167 |
| 1989 | 2,488 | 119 | 27 | 2416 |
| 1988 | 2,541 | 113 | 13 | 3705 |
| 1987 | 2,771 | 100 | 16 | 3072 |
| 1986 | 2,975 | 96 | 25 | 2226 |
| 1985 | 2,829 | 97 | 8 | 4698 |
| 1984 | 2,512 | 110 | 12 | 3459 |
| 1983 | 2,491 | 116 | 13 | 3230 |
| 1982 | 2,727 | 111 | 20 | 2426 |
| 1981 | 2,704 | 113 | 15 | 2898 |
| 1980 | 2,980 | 101 | 14 | 3098 |
| 1979 | 2,938 | 102 | 13 | 3168 |
| 1978 | 2,433 | 123 | 10 | 3614 |
| 1977 | 2,372 | 122 | 13 | 3037 |
| 1976 | 2,272 | 118 | 17 | 2508 |
| 1975 | 2,267 | 127 | 16 | 2540 |
| 1974 | 2,079 | 135 | 14 | 2674 |
| 1973 | 1,928 | 146 | 10 | 3223 |
| 1972 | 1,808 | 162 | 15 | 2418 |
| 1971 | 2,210 | 143 | 12 | 2813 |
| 1970 | 1,763 | 187 | 8 | 3521 |
| 1969 | 1,077 | 269 | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | 904 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 895 | 284 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1966 | 959 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,461 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 1,451 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 1,389 | 234 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 1,421 | 225 | 6 | 3640 |
| 1961 | 1,409 | 231 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 1,267 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 1,197 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 993 | 281 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 567 | 380 | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | 592 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 545 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 619 | 344 | 7 | 3176 |
| 1953 | 492 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 440 | 393 | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | 418 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 353 | 428 | 7 | 3021 |
| 1949 | 316 | 449 | 7 | 3019 |
| 1948 | 268 | 497 | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | 233 | 557 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 214 | 540 | 6 | 3173 |
| 1945 | 120 | 678 | 5 | 3338 |
| 1944 | 77 | 867 | 5 | 3430 |
| 1943 | 67 | 965 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 78 | 873 | 7 | 2940 |
| 1941 | 35 | 1294 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 42 | 1114 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 44 | 1079 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 43 | 1091 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 38 | 1160 | 6 | 3175 |
| 1936 | 51 | 961 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 35 | 1197 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 50 | 973 | 6 | 3277 |
| 1933 | 26 | 1442 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 35 | 1213 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 21 | 1686 | 6 | 3390 |
| 1930 | 24 | 1607 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 14 | 2301 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 28 | 1502 | 5 | 4151 |
| 1927 | 25 | 1669 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 22 | 1830 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 14 | 2489 | 7 | 3408 |
| 1924 | 23 | 1811 | 11 | 2641 |
| 1923 | 22 | 1840 | 5 | 4239 |
| 1922 | 21 | 1897 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 19 | 2048 | 5 | 4322 |
| 1920 | 10 | 3097 | 7 | 3489 |
| 1919 | 17 | 2063 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 18 | 2029 | 11 | 2543 |
| 1917 | 20 | 1773 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 15 | 2133 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 16 | 1964 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 22 | 1344 | 6 | 2915 |
| 1913 | 12 | 1766 | 7 | 2273 |
| 1912 | 9 | 1981 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | 2398 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 5 | 2061 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | 1538 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years