NameTides

Allyson

Allyson was the #1,139 girls' name in the US in 2025 (203 babies), and #2,282 in Canada.

Allyson as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Allyson as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Allyson as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,139 (203)———#2,282 (9)
2024#914 (290)———#1,833 (12)
2023#974 (265)———#1,080 (23)
2022#843 (332)———#1,415 (16)
2021#696 (414)———#877 (32)
2020#642 (450)#4,535 (4)——#971 (27)
2019#628 (477)———#1,138 (22)
2018#559 (557)#4,684 (4)——#714 (40)
2017#486 (641)#4,763 (4)——#720 (40)
2016#423 (773)———#794 (35)
2015#363 (908)———#711 (40)
2014#330 (1,013)#5,691 (3)——#640 (47)
2013#323 (1,008)#3,536 (6)——#429 (75)
2012#256 (1,267)———#465 (66)
2011#265 (1,213)#5,785 (3)——#480 (66)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #186.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1945.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Allyson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,100 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Allyson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,149CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #840TXFlorida: #515FL
Allyson (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5917

Allyson (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AllysonCanadaGirls#2,2829
AllysonEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AllysonIrelandGirls—too few
AllysonNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AllysonScotlandGirls—too few
AllysonUSGirls#1,139203
AllysonUSBoys—too few