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Allison

Girls' name · Millennial-era perennial

Living in the US
~312,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#103 among girls
Births in 2025
2,570 322,944 since 1880
Typical age
30 years, median

Allison popularity over time

Allison rank by birth year, 1908–2025Allison ranked #1,862 in 1908 and #103 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #30, in 2009.#100#1,000#103best #30 in 2009192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1908–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Allison in 1994 than in any other year — 8,163 of them. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 50 years put Allison in the top 100.

In 2025 it ranked #103 with 2,570 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 52%.

Babies named Allison per yearPeaks at 8,163 births in 1994.8,163 in 1994018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Allison?

An estimated 312,400 living Americans are called Allison. That is out of 322,944 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Allison?

The typical living Allison is 30 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Allison a millennial-era perennial name.

Your Allison

Ages of living people named AllisonHalf of living Allisons are older than 30 and half younger.median 30020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Allison is most common

Allison is 1.9× as common in New Mexico as it is nationally. Delaware, Maryland and Texas follow.

Where Allison is used more than average5 states use the name Allison more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.5× the national rateNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: 1.6× the national rateMDDelaware: 1.7× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: 1.9× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.6× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Allison is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Mexico 221 1.9×
Delaware 90 1.7×
Maryland 740 1.6×
Texas 5,225 1.6×
Nevada 321 1.5×

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

99% girls1% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Across the whole record, 98.8% of births under the name were girls. The name has changed sides: it began mostly on one sex and ends mostly on the other.

Allison in England and Wales

ONS recorded 9 births named Allison in 2025, ranking it #2,788. That is 25% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Allison comes from

From a Middle English diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or Alice + -son.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Allison

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Allison Janney American actress 1959 63
Allison Mack American former actress 1982 49
Allison Williams American actress, comedian and musician 1988 32
Allison Schmitt American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder 1990 31
Allison Tolman American actress 1981 29
Allison Pineau French handball player (1989-) 1989 28
Allison Miller American actress 1985 27
Allison Iraheta singer, musician 1992 22
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 503 in 1957 to 1,033 in 1958 — 2.1 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Allison

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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