How Many People Are Named Alyson?
people named Alyson are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,851 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,740 babies named Alyson in Social Security records from 1944 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
741 births
Trend
Stable (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 Alyson in English. Counting Alyson and these spellings together, about 502,907 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alyson in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Alyson alive today is about 30 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 41 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Alyson first appears in the records in 1944 and was given most often in 1990, to 741 babies. In 2025, 157 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1944 to 2025
π Rank History
Alyson has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #346, in 1987. In 2025 it ranked #1,388.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,388 |
| Best rank | #346 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #400 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Alyson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alyson were born in California than in any other state: about 3,354 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alyson was given 1.7 times as often in Massachusetts, 1.6 times in New Jersey and 1.5 times in Utah.
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