Alison
Girl · AL-i-son · Germanic
Alison is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 476th for girls in the US (644 babies).
What does Alison mean?
Germanic: medieval French pet form of Alice
“noble kind”
A medieval pet form of Alice; Chaucer's Wife of Bath and the heroine of his Miller's Tale are both Alisoun.
- Say it
- AL-i-son
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alison a girl's or a boy's name?
Alison is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 644 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Alison in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Alison, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 251 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alison in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#53), 1964 (#14), 1974 (#21) and 1984 (#54).
Alison in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2015 | 31 | #1,193 |
| 2014 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,188 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 39 | #977 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 41 | #895 |
| 2008 | 47 | #798 |
| 2007 | 40 | #868 |
| 2006 | 37 | #868 |
| 2005 | 46 | #724 |
| 2004 | 61 | #571 |
| 2003 | 61 | #560 |
| 2002 | 59 | #551 |
| 2001 | 81 | #431 |
| 2000 | 112 | #338 |
| 1999 | 148 | #284 |
| 1998 | 193 | #243 |
| 1997 | 210 | #223 |
| 1996 | 251 | #191 |
How popular is Alison in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #476among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 644about 1 in 2,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 644 girls in the US were named Alison, making it the 476th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 440th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 2,980 girls. It first appears in the records in 1905. 5 boys were also named Alison in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Alison than any year since 1957.
Half of all the girls named Alison in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 722 girls in the US were given Alison or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #450, up from #476 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 68% of the babies named Alison in the US in 1924, and over 99% in 2025.
Alison in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 644 | #476 |
| 2024 | 674 | #465 |
| 2023 | 654 | #471 |
| 2022 | 692 | #458 |
| 2021 | 660 | #473 |
| 2020 | 699 | #440 |
| 2019 | 758 | #413 |
| 2018 | 770 | #400 |
| 2017 | 816 | #383 |
| 2016 | 974 | #343 |
| 2015 | 967 | #338 |
| 2014 | 1,118 | #292 |
| 2013 | 1,072 | #298 |
| 2012 | 1,184 | #275 |
| 2011 | 1,272 | #253 |
| 2010 | 1,219 | #269 |
| 2009 | 1,448 | #228 |
| 2008 | 1,247 | #275 |
| 2007 | 1,170 | #290 |
| 2006 | 1,217 | #271 |
| 2005 | 1,256 | #260 |
| 2004 | 1,433 | #229 |
| 2003 | 1,413 | #233 |
| 2002 | 1,361 | #232 |
| 2001 | 1,360 | #233 |
| 2000 | 1,381 | #231 |
| 1999 | 1,527 | #202 |
| 1998 | 1,642 | #188 |
| 1997 | 1,763 | #173 |
| 1996 | 1,901 | #166 |
| 1995 | 1,952 | #162 |
| 1994 | 2,121 | #153 |
| 1993 | 2,241 | #141 |
| 1992 | 2,066 | #147 |
| 1991 | 2,153 | #142 |
| 1990 | 2,363 | #132 |
| 1989 | 2,488 | #119 |
| 1988 | 2,541 | #113 |
| 1987 | 2,771 | #100 |
| 1986 | 2,975 | #96 |
| 1985 | 2,829 | #97 |
| 1984 | 2,512 | #110 |
| 1983 | 2,491 | #116 |
| 1982 | 2,727 | #111 |
| 1981 | 2,704 | #113 |
| 1980 | 2,980 | #101 |
| 1979 | 2,938 | #102 |
| 1978 | 2,433 | #123 |
| 1977 | 2,372 | #122 |
| 1976 | 2,272 | #118 |
| 1975 | 2,267 | #127 |
| 1974 | 2,079 | #135 |
| 1973 | 1,928 | #146 |
| 1972 | 1,808 | #162 |
| 1971 | 2,210 | #143 |
| 1970 | 1,763 | #187 |
| 1969 | 1,077 | #269 |
| 1968 | 904 | #291 |
| 1967 | 895 | #284 |
| 1966 | 959 | #270 |
| 1965 | 1,461 | #221 |
| 1964 | 1,451 | #226 |
| 1963 | 1,389 | #234 |
| 1962 | 1,421 | #225 |
| 1961 | 1,409 | #231 |
| 1960 | 1,267 | #246 |
| 1959 | 1,197 | #254 |
| 1958 | 993 | #281 |
| 1957 | 567 | #380 |
| 1956 | 592 | #359 |
| 1955 | 545 | #377 |
| 1954 | 619 | #343 |
| 1953 | 492 | #382 |
| 1952 | 440 | #392 |
| 1951 | 418 | #403 |
| 1950 | 353 | #427 |
| 1949 | 316 | #448 |
| 1948 | 268 | #496 |
| 1947 | 233 | #557 |
| 1946 | 214 | #540 |
| 1945 | 120 | #678 |
| 1944 | 77 | #867 |
| 1943 | 67 | #965 |
| 1942 | 78 | #873 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,294 |
| 1940 | 42 | #1,114 |
| 1939 | 44 | #1,079 |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,091 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,160 |
| 1936 | 51 | #961 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,197 |
| 1934 | 50 | #973 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,442 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,606 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,501 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,829 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,488 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,810 |
| 1923 | 22 | #1,840 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,897 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,048 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,344 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
Nicknames for Alison
Names like Alison
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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