Alyson

Girl name

Alyson has been given to 29,740 babies in the U.S. since 1944. It peaked in 1990.

Meaning & origin

Rare variant of Alison.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

29,740

Peak year

1990 (741 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1944

10-year trend

▼ -63%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Alyson.

29,748 babies since 1937

29,371 babies since 1946

30,305 babies since 1888

28,952 babies since 1918

30,617 babies since 1912

30,921 babies since 1962

28,459 babies since 1949

28,067 babies since 1908

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