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Alyson

Alyson was most popular in 1990, when 741 girls got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 1,388 for girls.

29,740babies since 1880
1990most popular year
#346best rank, 1987
#1,388rank in 2025

Babies named Alyson each year in the US

Girls Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeGirlsBoys
1940s1180
1950s5850
1960s1,4120
1970s3,3670
1980s5,5645
1990s6,6140
2000s6,3975
2010s4,4440
2020s1,2290

Alyson in other countries

Out of every 10,000 girls born each year, how many were named Alyson.

US England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland France Berlin

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 1990 1 in 2,562 #1,388
England and Wales 1957 1 in 1,250 n/a
Scotland 1981 1 in 967 n/a
Northern Ireland 1999 1 in 3,264 n/a
France 1999 1 in 2,126 #1,834
Berlin 2023 1 in 8,958 #973 (2023)

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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