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.

Alson

#7,068 most common boys' name of all time · #17,760 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1888–2024

Rank among boys
#7,068
Rank overall
#17,760 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
526
Since 2016
49
Peak year
1926 #1,810
Best rank
#1,144 1888
Girls Boys peak 19/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Alson first appears in 1888. 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
2024 — 10 10 #7,791
2022 — 5 5 #12,386
2021 — 6 6 #10,859
2020 — 5 5 #12,081
2019 — 7 7 #9,792
2018 — 8 8 #8,842
2016 — 8 8 #8,851
2015 — 8 8 #8,790
2012 — 7 7 #9,745
2011 — 7 7 #9,649
2009 — 5 5 #12,568
2008 — 5 5 #12,631
2007 — 5 5 #12,439
2003 — 6 6 #9,634
2001 — 5 5 #10,603
1994 — 6 6 #7,823
1991 — 6 6 #7,338
1990 — 6 6 #7,242
1976 — 5 5 #5,676
1965 — 5 5 #3,995
1962 — 5 5 #4,125
1957 — 12 12 #2,411
1956 — 7 7 #3,288
1953 — 10 10 #2,578
1952 — 13 13 #2,190
1951 — 10 10 #2,540
1949 — 5 5 #3,766
1948 — 5 5 #3,759
1947 — 6 6 #3,433
1946 — 9 9 #2,577
1945 — 5 5 #3,425
1944 — 9 9 #2,516
1941 — 8 8 #2,725
1940 — 6 6 #3,204
1939 — 9 9 #2,490
1938 — 7 7 #2,943
1936 — 10 10 #2,350
1935 — 10 10 #2,437
1934 — 12 12 #2,171
1933 — 8 8 #2,799
1932 — 5 5 #3,858
1931 — 6 6 #3,445
1930 — 11 11 #2,496
1929 — 10 10 #2,628
1928 — 12 12 #2,425
1927 — 7 7 #3,512
1926 — 19 19 #1,810
1925 — 9 9 #2,988
1924 — 6 6 #3,936
1923 — 11 11 #2,660
1922 — 8 8 #3,300
1921 — 11 11 #2,671
1920 — 11 11 #2,642
1919 — 15 15 #2,092
1918 — 12 12 #2,427
1917 — 14 14 #2,126
1916 — 18 18 #1,734
1915 — 15 15 #1,918
1914 — 10 10 #2,160
1913 — 7 7 #2,339
1912 — 8 8 #1,944
1911 — 5 5 #1,843
1888 — 5 5 #1,144