Girls' name · since 1966
Alisyn
Alisyn has 728 recorded births since 1966 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,258 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 728
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
728 babies have been named Alisyn since 1966, making it today's #15258 girls' name.
Alisyn has 728 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15258 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.
- #9,286 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,258 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 728 born since 1966
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alisyn ranks #9,286 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,258 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 728 born since 1966, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,258 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 728
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alisyn's 728 recorded births place it above 87.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Alisyn compares
728 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alisyn's all-time total is 94% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alisyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 728 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alisyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alisyn's full recorded timeline at 2002, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 35 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alisyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Currently ranks #15258 among girls.
728 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 35 births in a single year.
Alisyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (259 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Alisyn's strongest decade.
259 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Alisyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s 53
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
158 births
- 2000s
2000s
259 births
- 2010s
2010s
181 births
- 2020s 49
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 259 births (36% of all-time use).
Alisyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 259 births
- Runner-up 181 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Alisyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alisyn's total volume
Alisyn by state
Where Alisyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 23 | 3.2% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 0.7% |
23 of 728 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.2% of nationwide
- California 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Alisyn's data
- Alisyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (259 total births); usage has since declined to 49 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Alisyns (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alisyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~59 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1966–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alisyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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