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Allyson

Gender
Girl
Origin
Germanic
US rank, 2025
#1,139 for girls

Allyson is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,139th for girls in the US (203 babies).

What does Allyson mean?

Germanic

A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Alison.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Allyson a girl's or a boy's name?

Allyson is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 203 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Allyson in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 11 girls.

Half of all the girls named Allyson in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 11 in 19962020
Allyson in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20204#4,744
20190–
20184#4,914
20174#4,967
20160–
20150–
20143#5,920
20136#3,719
20122#7,797
20113#6,007
20100–
20091#7,377
20081#7,383
20073#5,415
20060–
20053#4,976
20043#4,789
20036#2,877
20021#5,540
20014#3,427
20000–
19995#2,912
19985#2,855
19972#5,038
199611#1,621

How popular is Allyson in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,139among girls
Babies in 2025
203about 1 in 7,900 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 49% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 203 girls in the US were named Allyson, making it the 1,139th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 642nd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 1,651 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.

2025 had fewer girls named Allyson than any year since 1958.

Half of all the girls named Allyson in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 407 girls in the US were given Allyson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #701, up from #1,139 for this spelling alone.

1945Busiest: 1,651 in 19982025
Allyson in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025203#1,139
2024290#914
2023265#974
2022332#843
2021414#696
2020450#642
2019477#628
2018557#559
2017641#486
2016773#423
2015908#363
20141,013#330
20131,008#323
20121,267#256
20111,213#265
20101,261#259
20091,318#250
20081,275#268
20071,262#270
20061,271#259
20051,271#257
20041,367#238
20031,306#249
20021,349#234
20011,221#262
20001,312#244
19991,483#207
19981,651#186
19971,335#225
19961,222#232
19951,291#218
19941,395#210
19931,345#212
19921,200#229
19911,141#245
19901,199#236
19891,120#243
19881,014#253
1987962#262
1986823#297
1985665#356
1984542#397
1983458#449
1982563#408
1981492#431
1980567#401
1979551#397
1978570#372
1977562#376
1976480#419
1975455#435
1974447#433
1973463#422
1972403#460
1971454#452
1970360#528
1969304#565
1968262#593
1967274#572
1966236#617
1965453#445
1964391#492
1963316#546
1962315#552
1961276#606
1960258#627
1959244#638
1958191#714
1957104#1,025
195690#1,085
195588#1,073
1954112#909
1953107#905
195286#1,012
1951108#862
195075#1,063
194966#1,108
194862#1,134
194753#1,237
194632#1,558
194518#1,992

Names like Allyson

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Abigail Robyn Jessica Amber Francesca Autumn Emily Alina Jasmine Amelie Alexandra Addison

Other spellings of Allyson

Alyson Alysson Allysson

Names related to Allyson

Alison Allison Allisson Allisyn Ellyson

More Germanic names

Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles

Every Germanic name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Allyson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/allyson, updated 20 October 2026.