first name
ALLYSON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 45,707 people named Allyson, 75.4% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Allyson peaked in 1998, when 1,651 babies got the name.
At least 53,779 babies have been given the name since 1945. 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.
Allyson by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #451. The largest share of babies named Allyson, 39.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Allyson is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Allyson has been most common in Nevada (1.9×), Utah (1.7×), and Florida (1.3×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.14×).
50,736 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 Allyson
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Allyson, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Allyson ranks #150,935 of 156,621, with 108 people. See Allyson as a last name
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