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.

Allison

#128 most common girls' name of all time · #240 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#128
Rank overall
#240 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
144 of 146
All-time
322,944
Since 2016
32,867
Peak year
1994 #34
Best rank
#30 2009
Girls Boys peak 8,163/yr
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Allison is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 2,564 6 2,570 #103
2024 2,631 8 2,639 #99
2023 2,650 2,650 #100
2022 2,714 6 2,720 #101
2021 3,140 6 3,146 #82
2020 3,161 6 3,167 #80
2019 3,440 5 3,445 #78
2018 3,694 8 3,702 #70
2017 4,037 4,037 #61
2016 4,786 5 4,791 #50
2015 5,356 10 5,366 #39
2014 5,476 9 5,485 #39
2013 5,446 12 5,458 #34
2012 5,428 8 5,436 #38
2011 5,472 10 5,482 #40
2010 5,868 9 5,877 #38
2009 6,581 10 6,591 #30
2008 6,241 19 6,260 #32
2007 5,454 5 5,459 #46
2006 5,564 6 5,570 #47
2005 5,634 13 5,647 #45
2004 5,873 24 5,897 #40
2003 5,850 10 5,860 #46
2002 6,239 16 6,255 #44
2001 6,215 19 6,234 #44
2000 6,315 9 6,324 #44
1999 7,026 10 7,036 #40
1998 7,861 8 7,869 #38
1997 7,274 9 7,283 #39
1996 7,455 11 7,466 #38
1995 8,126 21 8,147 #34
1994 8,150 13 8,163 #34
1993 7,729 16 7,745 #41
1992 6,903 20 6,923 #48
1991 6,773 15 6,788 #50
1990 7,136 24 7,160 #48
1989 7,282 32 7,314 #46
1988 7,145 36 7,181 #46
1987 7,341 29 7,370 #44
1986 7,575 47 7,622 #42
1985 7,028 27 7,055 #46
1984 6,041 26 6,067 #51
1983 4,973 25 4,998 #59
1982 5,170 30 5,200 #58
1981 4,904 35 4,939 #57
1980 4,868 28 4,896 #59
1979 4,406 25 4,431 #70
1978 3,864 25 3,889 #75
1977 4,205 26 4,231 #66
1976 4,028 33 4,061 #67
1975 3,347 20 3,367 #89
1974 2,959 26 2,985 #99
1973 2,904 21 2,925 #105
1972 2,797 21 2,818 #115
1971 3,018 28 3,046 #119
1970 2,630 27 2,657 #133
1969 1,651 23 1,674 #194
1968 1,536 29 1,565 #202
1967 1,452 38 1,490 #209
1966 1,768 34 1,802 #184
1965 3,044 35 3,079 #128
1964 2,077 52 2,129 #181
1963 1,434 42 1,476 #229
1962 1,313 48 1,361 #241
1961 1,182 48 1,230 #260
1960 1,068 54 1,122 #277
1959 1,124 45 1,169 #264
1958 987 46 1,033 #284
1957 465 38 503 #435
1956 402 21 423 #462
1955 340 36 376 #499
1954 290 42 332 #521
1953 281 34 315 #512
1952 255 43 298 #534
1951 252 39 291 #525
1950 157 39 196 #683
1949 144 37 181 #707
1948 130 34 164 #741
1947 102 47 149 #871
1946 85 48 133 #909
1945 47 36 83 #1,146
1944 45 41 86 #1,177
1943 38 34 72 #1,328
1942 34 41 75 #1,390
1941 31 32 63 #1,395
1940 24 34 58 #1,605
1939 28 33 61 #1,406
1938 27 33 60 #1,443
1937 25 45 70 #1,507
1936 30 47 77 #1,330
1935 31 45 76 #1,312
1934 26 49 75 #1,453
1933 15 40 55 #2,068
1932 21 41 62 #1,697
1931 16 42 58 #2,042
1930 17 48 65 #2,036
1929 13 48 61 #2,452
1928 22 58 80 #1,796
1927 25 70 95 #1,677
1926 37 71 108 #1,283
1925 18 68 86 #2,133
1924 18 71 89 #2,148
1923 21 51 72 #1,902
1922 18 56 74 #2,119
1921 32 60 92 #1,450
1920 23 57 80 #1,766
1919 19 52 71 #1,928
1918 30 54 84 #1,424
1917 15 72 87 #2,221
1916 24 67 91 #1,537
1915 13 48 61 #2,270
1914 11 49 60 #2,141
1913 7 31 38 #2,564
1912 12 25 37 #1,640
1911 9 22 31 #1,675
1910 5 11 16 #2,436
1909 9 9
1908 6 8 14 #1,889
1907 13 13
1906 8 8
1905 7 7
1904 6 6
1903 12 12
1902 9 9
1901 7 7
1900 9 9
1899 7 7
1898 7 7
1897 6 6
1896 18 18
1895 8 8
1894 6 6
1892 8 8
1891 9 9
1890 11 11
1889 7 7
1888 5 5
1886 5 5
1885 10 10
1884 7 7
1883 12 12
1882 9 9
1881 9 9
1880 6 6