Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alison

#333 most common girls' name of all time · #618 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1905–2025

Rank among girls
#333
Rank overall
#618 of 105,966
First appeared
1905
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
117,481
Since 2016
7,352
Peak year
1986 #96
Best rank
#96 1986
Girls Boys peak 3,000/yr
192019401960198020002020

Alison first appears in 1905. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 644 5 649 #476
2024 674 — 674 #465
2023 654 — 654 #471
2022 692 6 698 #458
2021 660 — 660 #475
2020 699 — 699 #440
2019 758 — 758 #413
2018 770 — 770 #400
2017 816 — 816 #384
2016 974 — 974 #343
2015 967 — 967 #338
2014 1,118 — 1,118 #293
2013 1,072 6 1,078 #298
2012 1,184 5 1,189 #275
2011 1,272 6 1,278 #253
2010 1,219 — 1,219 #269
2009 1,448 9 1,457 #228
2008 1,247 7 1,254 #275
2007 1,170 10 1,180 #290
2006 1,217 5 1,222 #271
2005 1,256 — 1,256 #260
2004 1,433 5 1,438 #229
2003 1,413 6 1,419 #233
2002 1,361 — 1,361 #232
2001 1,360 — 1,360 #233
2000 1,381 5 1,386 #231
1999 1,527 9 1,536 #202
1998 1,642 5 1,647 #188
1997 1,763 7 1,770 #173
1996 1,901 — 1,901 #166
1995 1,952 — 1,952 #162
1994 2,121 5 2,126 #153
1993 2,241 6 2,247 #141
1992 2,066 7 2,073 #147
1991 2,153 13 2,166 #142
1990 2,363 13 2,376 #132
1989 2,488 27 2,515 #119
1988 2,541 13 2,554 #113
1987 2,771 16 2,787 #100
1986 2,975 25 3,000 #96
1985 2,829 8 2,837 #97
1984 2,512 12 2,524 #110
1983 2,491 13 2,504 #116
1982 2,727 20 2,747 #111
1981 2,704 15 2,719 #113
1980 2,980 14 2,994 #101
1979 2,938 13 2,951 #102
1978 2,433 10 2,443 #123
1977 2,372 13 2,385 #122
1976 2,272 17 2,289 #118
1975 2,267 16 2,283 #127
1974 2,079 14 2,093 #135
1973 1,928 10 1,938 #146
1972 1,808 15 1,823 #162
1971 2,210 12 2,222 #143
1970 1,763 8 1,771 #187
1969 1,077 5 1,082 #269
1968 904 — 904 #291
1967 895 6 901 #284
1966 959 — 959 #270
1965 1,461 — 1,461 #222
1964 1,451 — 1,451 #226
1963 1,389 5 1,394 #234
1962 1,421 6 1,427 #225
1961 1,409 — 1,409 #231
1960 1,267 — 1,267 #246
1959 1,197 — 1,197 #254
1958 993 — 993 #281
1957 567 6 573 #380
1956 592 — 592 #359
1955 545 — 545 #378
1954 619 7 626 #344
1953 492 — 492 #384
1952 440 5 445 #394
1951 418 — 418 #405
1950 353 7 360 #428
1949 316 7 323 #449
1948 268 5 273 #497
1947 233 — 233 #559
1946 214 6 220 #542
1945 120 5 125 #679
1944 77 5 82 #870
1943 67 — 67 #971
1942 78 7 85 #879
1941 35 — 35 #1,303
1940 42 — 42 #1,126
1939 44 — 44 #1,089
1938 43 — 43 #1,106
1937 38 6 44 #1,171
1936 51 — 51 #964
1935 35 — 35 #1,215
1934 50 6 56 #978
1933 26 — 26 #1,458
1932 35 — 35 #1,230
1931 21 6 27 #1,729
1930 24 — 24 #1,642
1929 14 — 14 #2,378
1928 28 5 33 #1,535
1927 25 — 25 #1,709
1926 22 — 22 #1,865
1925 14 7 21 #2,554
1924 23 11 34 #1,857
1923 22 5 27 #1,880
1922 21 — 21 #1,934
1921 19 5 24 #2,091
1920 10 7 17 #3,217
1919 17 — 17 #2,127
1918 18 11 29 #2,081
1917 20 — 20 #1,830
1916 15 — 15 #2,220
1915 16 — 16 #2,032
1914 22 6 28 #1,380
1913 12 7 19 #1,870
1912 9 — 9 #2,111
1910 5 — 5 #2,644
1907 5 — 5 #2,323
1905 7 — 7 #1,691