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 1999 and has been recorded in 23 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 50 babies (rank #370 that year). In 2024 it was given to 27 girls (rank #471). The name has been rising 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.

601
Total babies (all years)
23
Years in the data
50
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
199939#398
200037#423
200116#716
200216#746
200316#719
200418#718
200519#657
200616#773
200716#783
200815#851
200915#850
201023#636
201115#854
201222#651
201320#689
201439#421
201522#634
201650#370
201741#404
202045#364
202237#404
202336#406
202427#471