How Many People Are Named Allison?
people named Allison are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,098 people in the US has this name
Based on 322,944 babies named Allison in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
β Uncommon
Peak Year
8,163 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ALISON.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Allison in English. Counting Allison and these spellings together, about 502,907 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Allison, 99.5% were girls and 0.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Allison rose from 25.2% in the 1910s to 99.8% in the 2020s.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Allison alive today is about 30 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 40 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Allison first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1994, to 8,163 babies. In 2025, 2,570 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Allison never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #30, in 2009, and it was in the top 100 in 50 years between 1974 and 2024. In 2025 it ranked #103.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #103 |
| Best rank | #30 (2009) |
| Years in the top 100 | 50 (1974 to 2024) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #41 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Allison alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Allison were born in California than in any other state: about 33,231 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Allison was given about 1.4 times as often in Connecticut, Iowa and New Hampshire.
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