Alison — #465 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Alison

The Social Security Administration has registered 116,237 babies named Alison between 1905 and 2024, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alison currently holds the #465 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 2,980 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alison performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 27,017 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Alison shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13,711 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Alison in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alison in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 116,237 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.