How popular is the name Allison?

Allison ranks 78th among girls' names in US records, with 491,768 births since 1905. Over the past decade it accounts for 48,601.

Is Allison a unisex name?

No. Allison is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1994, when 11,673 children were given the name. It has been in use for 120 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Alison, Allyson. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#78 of girl names

Pronounced AE1 L AH0 S AH0 N (ARPABET)

Allison is a girls' name, and first appears in 1905. It has been given to 491,768 children — the 78th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 41% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1994, when 11,673 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Alison and Allyson — because they are pronounced identically.

1994Girls: 11,673Boys: 18

These spellings sound identical to Allison and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Allison?: Allison ranks 78th among girls' names in US records, with 491,768 births since 1905. Over the past decade it accounts for 48,601.
Is Allison a unisex name?: No. Allison is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Allison most popular?: 1994, when 11,673 children were given the name. It has been in use for 120 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Allison spelled?: Alison, Allyson. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.