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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1993 with 276 babies (rank #126 that year). In 2024 it was given to 29 girls (rank #935). 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.

4,328
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
276
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
1991251#138
1992257#137
1993276#126
1994229#137
1995215#162
1996240#142
1997247#136
1998233#138
1999177#172
2000178#164
2001168#174
2002141#191
2003139#192
2004123#235
2005108#271
2006105#291
2007119#268
2008105#309
200999#337
201081#392
201183#381
201281#390
201384#377
201479#413
201582#410
201653#565
201756#550
201858#523
201953#577
202048#587
202155#524
202234#783
202337#737
202429#935