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.

Allyson

#565 most common girls' name of all time · #1,054 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1945–2025

Rank among girls
#565
Rank overall
#1,054 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
81 of 146
All-time
53,779
Since 2016
4,402
Peak year
1998 #186
Best rank
#186 1998
Girls Boys peak 1,651/yr
1960198020002020

Allyson first appears in 1945. 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 203 203 #1,139
2024 290 290 #917
2023 265 265 #975
2022 332 332 #846
2021 414 414 #697
2020 450 450 #643
2019 477 477 #630
2018 557 557 #559
2017 641 641 #486
2016 773 773 #423
2015 908 908 #363
2014 1,013 1,013 #331
2013 1,008 1,008 #323
2012 1,267 1,267 #256
2011 1,213 1,213 #265
2010 1,261 1,261 #259
2009 1,318 1,318 #250
2008 1,275 1,275 #268
2007 1,262 1,262 #271
2006 1,271 1,271 #259
2005 1,271 1,271 #258
2004 1,367 1,367 #238
2003 1,306 1,306 #250
2002 1,349 1,349 #234
2001 1,221 1,221 #262
2000 1,312 1,312 #245
1999 1,483 1,483 #208
1998 1,651 1,651 #186
1997 1,335 1,335 #225
1996 1,222 1,222 #232
1995 1,291 1,291 #218
1994 1,395 1,395 #210
1993 1,345 1,345 #212
1992 1,200 1,200 #229
1991 1,141 1,141 #245
1990 1,199 5 1,204 #236
1989 1,120 1,120 #243
1988 1,014 1,014 #253
1987 962 962 #262
1986 823 823 #298
1985 665 665 #356
1984 542 542 #398
1983 458 458 #450
1982 563 563 #408
1981 492 492 #431
1980 567 567 #404
1979 551 551 #397
1978 570 5 575 #373
1977 562 562 #376
1976 480 480 #421
1975 455 455 #435
1974 447 447 #433
1973 463 6 469 #422
1972 403 403 #461
1971 454 454 #454
1970 360 360 #528
1969 304 5 309 #565
1968 262 262 #593
1967 274 274 #576
1966 236 236 #619
1965 453 453 #446
1964 391 391 #492
1963 316 316 #546
1962 315 315 #553
1961 276 276 #608
1960 258 258 #629
1959 244 244 #640
1958 191 191 #715
1957 104 104 #1,032
1956 90 90 #1,094
1955 88 88 #1,080
1954 112 112 #912
1953 107 107 #914
1952 86 86 #1,016
1951 108 108 #868
1950 75 75 #1,072
1949 66 66 #1,120
1948 62 62 #1,143
1947 53 53 #1,254
1946 32 32 #1,582
1945 18 18 #2,059