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 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1995 with 449 babies (rank #74 that year). In 2024 it was given to 84 girls (rank #354). 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.

8,116
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
449
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
1991411#87
1992404#92
1993440#80
1994361#92
1995449#74
1996417#76
1997401#78
1998357#87
1999343#83
2000320#88
2001292#88
2002288#94
2003236#118
2004218#127
2005204#142
2006231#126
2007216#136
2008201#157
2009196#158
2010180#168
2011158#199
2012198#161
2013167#197
2014175#187
2015173#180
2016139#223
2017147#200
2018131#228
2019134#215
2020128#231
2021108#297
202288#327
2023108#272
202484#354