Allisen — girls' name
371 babies named Allisen in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
371 girls have been named Allisen since 1965, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2019.
- 371
- total births
- 1965–2019
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 29%
- born in that decade
29% of everyone ever named Allisen was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Allisen in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Allisen
The Social Security Administration has registered 371 babies named Allisen between 1965 and 2019, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Allisen currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Allisen performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Allisen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Allisen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Allisen 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 371 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.
Allisen at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Allisen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1965
- Peak year (1998)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
371 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 19 births in a single year.
Allisen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 109 births that decade — 29% of Allisen's all-time total
Allisen decade highlights
- Peak decade 109 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Allisen's strongest decade
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Allisen by state
Where Allisen concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 1.9% |
7 of 371 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.