Allison
Girl · AL-ih-sun · Germanic
Allison is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 103rd for girls in the US (2,564 babies).
What does Allison mean?
Germanic: medieval pet form of Alice, via Norman French
“noble kind”
Began in the Middle Ages as a French pet form of Alice; this spelling is also an English and Scottish surname.
- Say it
- AL-ih-sun
More on Wiktionary.
Is Allison a girl's or a boy's name?
Allison is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 2,564 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Allison in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Allison, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Allison in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Allison in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Allison in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #103among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,564about 1 in 630 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,564 girls in the US were named Allison, making it the 103rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 80th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 8,150 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908. 6 boys were also named Allison in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Allison than any year since 1969.
Half of all the girls named Allison in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,160 girls in the US were given Allison or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #98, up from #103 for this spelling alone.
In 1911, 29% of the babies named Allison in the US were girls. By 2025 it was over 99%, with more girls than boys since 1943.
Allison in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,564 | #103 |
| 2024 | 2,631 | #99 |
| 2023 | 2,650 | #100 |
| 2022 | 2,714 | #101 |
| 2021 | 3,140 | #82 |
| 2020 | 3,161 | #80 |
| 2019 | 3,440 | #78 |
| 2018 | 3,694 | #70 |
| 2017 | 4,037 | #61 |
| 2016 | 4,786 | #50 |
| 2015 | 5,356 | #39 |
| 2014 | 5,476 | #39 |
| 2013 | 5,446 | #34 |
| 2012 | 5,428 | #38 |
| 2011 | 5,472 | #40 |
| 2010 | 5,868 | #38 |
| 2009 | 6,581 | #30 |
| 2008 | 6,241 | #32 |
| 2007 | 5,454 | #46 |
| 2006 | 5,564 | #47 |
| 2005 | 5,634 | #45 |
| 2004 | 5,873 | #40 |
| 2003 | 5,850 | #46 |
| 2002 | 6,239 | #44 |
| 2001 | 6,215 | #44 |
| 2000 | 6,315 | #44 |
| 1999 | 7,026 | #40 |
| 1998 | 7,861 | #38 |
| 1997 | 7,274 | #39 |
| 1996 | 7,455 | #38 |
| 1995 | 8,126 | #34 |
| 1994 | 8,150 | #34 |
| 1993 | 7,729 | #41 |
| 1992 | 6,903 | #48 |
| 1991 | 6,773 | #50 |
| 1990 | 7,136 | #48 |
| 1989 | 7,282 | #46 |
| 1988 | 7,145 | #46 |
| 1987 | 7,341 | #44 |
| 1986 | 7,575 | #42 |
| 1985 | 7,028 | #46 |
| 1984 | 6,041 | #51 |
| 1983 | 4,973 | #59 |
| 1982 | 5,170 | #58 |
| 1981 | 4,904 | #57 |
| 1980 | 4,868 | #59 |
| 1979 | 4,406 | #70 |
| 1978 | 3,864 | #75 |
| 1977 | 4,205 | #66 |
| 1976 | 4,028 | #67 |
| 1975 | 3,347 | #89 |
| 1974 | 2,959 | #99 |
| 1973 | 2,904 | #105 |
| 1972 | 2,797 | #115 |
| 1971 | 3,018 | #119 |
| 1970 | 2,630 | #133 |
| 1969 | 1,651 | #194 |
| 1968 | 1,536 | #202 |
| 1967 | 1,452 | #209 |
| 1966 | 1,768 | #184 |
| 1965 | 3,044 | #128 |
| 1964 | 2,077 | #181 |
| 1963 | 1,434 | #229 |
| 1962 | 1,313 | #241 |
| 1961 | 1,182 | #260 |
| 1960 | 1,068 | #277 |
| 1959 | 1,124 | #264 |
| 1958 | 987 | #284 |
| 1957 | 465 | #434 |
| 1956 | 402 | #461 |
| 1955 | 340 | #497 |
| 1954 | 290 | #520 |
| 1953 | 281 | #511 |
| 1952 | 255 | #533 |
| 1951 | 252 | #523 |
| 1950 | 157 | #680 |
| 1949 | 144 | #704 |
| 1948 | 130 | #740 |
| 1947 | 102 | #869 |
| 1946 | 85 | #907 |
| 1945 | 47 | #1,141 |
| 1944 | 45 | #1,174 |
| 1943 | 38 | #1,326 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,387 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,401 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,437 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1936 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,440 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,684 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,783 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,118 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,136 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,895 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,437 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,751 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,921 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,411 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,620 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
Nicknames for Allison
Names like Allison
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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