Girls' name · peaked in 1995
Allison name popularity since 1925
321,717 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Allison (99.1% girls, 0.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1995 or earlier, so the typical Allison is about 31 years old in 2026. Allison peaked in 1995 as the #34 name for girls, and it ranked #103 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 321,717
- Named Allison, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #103
- for girls in 2025 (2,564 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% girls
- 318,856 girls · 2,861 boys
- Most popular in
- New Hampshire
- 1.41× its national share
Peak year is the year Allison made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Allison births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1994. Measured as a share of all babies, Allison peaked in 1995.
- Fastest rise: Between 1954 and 1959, Allison became 3.7× more common, from 1 in 6,700 baby girls to 1 in 1,800.
- Steepest fall: Between 2015 and 2020, its share of baby girls fell by 35%, from 1 in 333 to 1 in 511.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Allison's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Allison.
Decade by decade
Babies named Allison in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 115 | 315 | – |
| 1930s | 236 | 423 | #1,307 |
| 1940s | 680 | 384 | #1,142 |
| 1950s | 4,553 | 383 | #498 |
| 1960s | 16,525 | 403 | #128 |
| 1970s | 34,158 | 252 | #89 |
| 1980s | 62,327 | 315 | #46 |
| 1990s | 74,433 | 147 | #34 |
| 2000s | 59,966 | 131 | #45 |
| 2010s | 49,003 | 76 | #39 |
| 2020–25 | 16,860 | 32 | #103 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
34.2% of babies named Allison from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Allison is most popular
The index compares Allison's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Allison.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 1.41× | 1,420 |
| Nevada | 1.36× | 1,559 |
| Alaska | 1.29× | 617 |
| Connecticut | 1.28× | 4,459 |
| Delaware | 1.28× | 856 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Allison and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Allison (this page) | 318,856 | 1995 |
| Alison | 116,645 | 1979 |
| Allyson | 53,758 | 1998 |
| Alisson | 7,044 | 2025 |
| Allisson | 2,842 | 2008 |
| Allisyn | 1,083 | 2011 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Allison's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Allison.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Allison (1995).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data