Alyson
#835 most common girls' name of all time · #1,509 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1944–2025
Rank among girls
#835
Rank overall
#1,509 of 105,966
First appeared
1944
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
29,740
Since 2016
2,497
Peak year
1990 #358
Best rank
#347 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 741/yr
Alyson first appears in 1944. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 157 | — | 157 | #1,389 |
| 2024 | 191 | — | 191 | #1,232 |
| 2023 | 200 | — | 200 | #1,201 |
| 2022 | 201 | — | 201 | #1,201 |
| 2021 | 247 | — | 247 | #1,028 |
| 2020 | 233 | — | 233 | #1,065 |
| 2019 | 281 | — | 281 | #942 |
| 2018 | 305 | — | 305 | #888 |
| 2017 | 326 | — | 326 | #835 |
| 2016 | 356 | — | 356 | #800 |
| 2015 | 419 | — | 419 | #683 |
| 2014 | 496 | — | 496 | #595 |
| 2013 | 498 | — | 498 | #577 |
| 2012 | 555 | — | 555 | #542 |
| 2011 | 620 | — | 620 | #480 |
| 2010 | 588 | — | 588 | #510 |
| 2009 | 642 | — | 642 | #481 |
| 2008 | 654 | — | 654 | #484 |
| 2007 | 595 | — | 595 | #524 |
| 2006 | 668 | — | 668 | #472 |
| 2005 | 652 | — | 652 | #471 |
| 2004 | 658 | 5 | 663 | #458 |
| 2003 | 675 | — | 675 | #445 |
| 2002 | 647 | — | 647 | #447 |
| 2001 | 607 | — | 607 | #457 |
| 2000 | 599 | — | 599 | #463 |
| 1999 | 635 | — | 635 | #434 |
| 1998 | 658 | — | 658 | #410 |
| 1997 | 632 | — | 632 | #414 |
| 1996 | 668 | — | 668 | #397 |
| 1995 | 662 | — | 662 | #397 |
| 1994 | 700 | — | 700 | #372 |
| 1993 | 699 | — | 699 | #364 |
| 1992 | 643 | — | 643 | #399 |
| 1991 | 576 | — | 576 | #443 |
| 1990 | 741 | — | 741 | #358 |
| 1989 | 725 | — | 725 | #354 |
| 1988 | 643 | — | 643 | #374 |
| 1987 | 694 | — | 694 | #347 |
| 1986 | 638 | 5 | 643 | #369 |
| 1985 | 549 | — | 549 | #410 |
| 1984 | 464 | — | 464 | #448 |
| 1983 | 463 | — | 463 | #444 |
| 1982 | 455 | — | 455 | #463 |
| 1981 | 455 | — | 455 | #467 |
| 1980 | 478 | — | 478 | #448 |
| 1979 | 487 | — | 487 | #429 |
| 1978 | 429 | — | 429 | #461 |
| 1977 | 405 | — | 405 | #476 |
| 1976 | 376 | — | 376 | #487 |
| 1975 | 346 | — | 346 | #516 |
| 1974 | 300 | — | 300 | #557 |
| 1973 | 268 | — | 268 | #589 |
| 1972 | 262 | — | 262 | #608 |
| 1971 | 265 | — | 265 | #627 |
| 1970 | 229 | — | 229 | #688 |
| 1969 | 138 | — | 138 | #900 |
| 1968 | 134 | — | 134 | #891 |
| 1967 | 119 | — | 119 | #936 |
| 1966 | 112 | — | 112 | #965 |
| 1965 | 182 | — | 182 | #740 |
| 1964 | 199 | — | 199 | #737 |
| 1963 | 161 | — | 161 | #822 |
| 1962 | 118 | — | 118 | #989 |
| 1961 | 147 | — | 147 | #887 |
| 1960 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,069 |
| 1959 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,050 |
| 1958 | 109 | — | 109 | #999 |
| 1957 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,567 |
| 1956 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,328 |
| 1955 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,346 |
| 1954 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,478 |
| 1953 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,670 |
| 1952 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,315 |
| 1951 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,553 |
| 1950 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,763 |
| 1949 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,665 |
| 1948 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,006 |
| 1947 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,991 |
| 1946 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,918 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,005 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,159 |