first name
ALISON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 111,220 people named Alison, 79.9% reported their origin as White, 11.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Alison peaked in 1986, when 3,000 babies got the name.
At least 117,481 babies have been given the name since 1905. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Alison by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #218. The largest share of babies named Alison, 33.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Alison is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alison has been most common in Connecticut (2.1×), Massachusetts (1.9×), and New Hampshire (1.8×), and least common in Wyoming (0.38×).
114,334 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Alison
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alison, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Alison ranks #30,530 of 156,621, with 819 people. See Alison as a last name
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