NameTides

Alyson

Alyson was the #1,388 girls' name in the US in 2025 (157 babies), and #1,065 in Canada.

Alyson as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alyson as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Alyson as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,388 (157)————#1,065 (25)
2024#1,231 (191)————#1,077 (24)
2023#1,199 (200)#4,710 (4)———#928 (28)
2022#1,199 (201)#3,971 (5)———#575 (49)
2021#1,028 (247)———#883 (3)#548 (54)
2020#1,063 (233)————#440 (68)
2019#939 (281)————#476 (68)
2018#887 (305)————#489 (65)
2017#832 (326)————#397 (84)
2016#799 (356)————#337 (101)
2015#680 (419)————#388 (89)
2014#594 (496)————#362 (93)
2013#577 (498)#5,742 (3)———#322 (101)
2012#541 (555)————#287 (114)
2011#480 (620)#5,785 (3)——#695 (5)#309 (107)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1987 at #346.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1944.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 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 10,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alyson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 11,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,500 to 1 in 12,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alyson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: 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: #1,654NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,185CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #982TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Alyson (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#29618

Alyson (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
AlysonCanadaGirls#1,06525
AlysonEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AlysonIrelandGirls—too few
AlysonNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlysonScotlandGirls—too few
AlysonUSGirls#1,388157
AlysonUSBoys—too few