Allison

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

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

Allison first appears in the data in 1965 and has been recorded in 20 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1972 with 188 babies (rank #72 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Allison

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

2,262
Total babies (all years)
20
Years in the data
188
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
196578#100
1966147#74
1967142#80
1968156#75
1969142#88
1970149#84
1971158#81
1972188#72
1973165#70
1974140#80
1975138#81
1976131#81
1977140#81
1978130#85
1979128#85
1980124#87
20142#590
20151#959
20161#961
20172#586