Alyson
Girl · Germanic
Alyson is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,388th for girls in the US (157 babies).
What does Alyson mean?
Germanic: spelling of Allyson
A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Alison.
Meaning borrowed from Allyson. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Alyson a girl's or a boy's name?
Alyson is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 157 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alyson 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 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alyson in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Alyson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 2 | #6,613 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Alyson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,388among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 157about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 157 girls in the US were named Alyson, making it the 1,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,063rd. Its busiest year was 1990, with 741 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Alyson than any year since 1969.
Half of all the girls named Alyson in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 407 girls in the US were given Alyson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #701, up from #1,388 for this spelling alone.
Alyson in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 157 | #1,388 |
| 2024 | 191 | #1,231 |
| 2023 | 200 | #1,199 |
| 2022 | 201 | #1,199 |
| 2021 | 247 | #1,028 |
| 2020 | 233 | #1,063 |
| 2019 | 281 | #939 |
| 2018 | 305 | #887 |
| 2017 | 326 | #832 |
| 2016 | 356 | #799 |
| 2015 | 419 | #680 |
| 2014 | 496 | #594 |
| 2013 | 498 | #577 |
| 2012 | 555 | #541 |
| 2011 | 620 | #480 |
| 2010 | 588 | #510 |
| 2009 | 642 | #480 |
| 2008 | 654 | #483 |
| 2007 | 595 | #524 |
| 2006 | 668 | #472 |
| 2005 | 652 | #470 |
| 2004 | 658 | #456 |
| 2003 | 675 | #444 |
| 2002 | 647 | #447 |
| 2001 | 607 | #456 |
| 2000 | 599 | #463 |
| 1999 | 635 | #433 |
| 1998 | 658 | #410 |
| 1997 | 632 | #414 |
| 1996 | 668 | #397 |
| 1995 | 662 | #396 |
| 1994 | 700 | #372 |
| 1993 | 699 | #364 |
| 1992 | 643 | #399 |
| 1991 | 576 | #442 |
| 1990 | 741 | #358 |
| 1989 | 725 | #354 |
| 1988 | 643 | #374 |
| 1987 | 694 | #346 |
| 1986 | 638 | #368 |
| 1985 | 549 | #409 |
| 1984 | 464 | #447 |
| 1983 | 463 | #444 |
| 1982 | 455 | #463 |
| 1981 | 455 | #466 |
| 1980 | 478 | #447 |
| 1979 | 487 | #429 |
| 1978 | 429 | #460 |
| 1977 | 405 | #476 |
| 1976 | 376 | #487 |
| 1975 | 346 | #513 |
| 1974 | 300 | #555 |
| 1973 | 268 | #588 |
| 1972 | 262 | #607 |
| 1971 | 265 | #627 |
| 1970 | 229 | #688 |
| 1969 | 138 | #897 |
| 1968 | 134 | #887 |
| 1967 | 119 | #935 |
| 1966 | 112 | #960 |
| 1965 | 182 | #738 |
| 1964 | 199 | #737 |
| 1963 | 161 | #819 |
| 1962 | 118 | #985 |
| 1961 | 147 | #879 |
| 1960 | 102 | #1,062 |
| 1959 | 104 | #1,046 |
| 1958 | 109 | #993 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,549 |
| 1956 | 62 | #1,318 |
| 1955 | 57 | #1,333 |
| 1954 | 47 | #1,464 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,647 |
| 1952 | 54 | #1,296 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,527 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,626 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,859 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
Names like Alyson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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