Alson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AL-sun
- Origin
- English
Alson is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Alson come from?
English: English surname
Is Alson a girl's or a boy's name?
Alson is a boys' name.
How popular is Alson in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1926, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.
Half of all the boys named Alson in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 12 | #2,374 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
Nicknames for Alson
- Al 19 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Alson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Wilson, Alton, Arthur, Nelson, Watson, Warren, Harlan, Anderson, Judson, Arden, Archie, Leon
Names related to Alson
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Alson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alson, updated 20 October 2026.