Alison

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Portuguese

Meaning

Alison is a female given name in English-speaking countries. It was originally a medieval French nickname for Alis / Alys, an old form of Alice derived with the suffix -on or -son sometimes used in the former French nicknames. The Middle English form was Alisoun.

From Wikipedia

Alison first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 49 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1971 with 479 babies (rank #26 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Alison

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Alison yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

10,948
Total babies (all years)
49
Years in the data
479
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195298#76
1953112#74
1954103#77
1955104#78
1956101#79
1957102#80
1958102#85
1959131#66
1960217#59
1961266#55
1962277#52
1963252#54
1964212#58
1965352#35
1966333#38
1967367#34
1968341#35
1969332#42
1970355#39
1971479#26
1972468#30
1973395#36
1974400#33
1975348#36
1976353#32
1977369#26
1978372#27
1979423#22
1980372#25
1981347#34
1982367#31
1983315#34
1984256#45
1985273#41
1986159#75
1987161#71
1988149#76
1989120#91
1990113#91
199188#97
199294#95
199395#96
199490#98
199586#99
199683#99
20144#349
20154#341
20163#401
20175#275