Alison is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1986 and has since faded.
Alison is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #476 among girls (644) and #12,100 among boys (5) — overall #955 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 649 | 649 | #476 | #12,100 |
| 2024 | 674 | 674 | #465 | — |
| 2023 | 654 | 654 | #471 | — |
| 2022 | 698 | 698 | #458 | #10,929 |
| 2021 | 660 | 666 | #473 | — |
| 2020 | 699 | 705 | #440 | — |
| 2019 | 758 | 758 | #413 | — |
| 2018 | 770 | 770 | #400 | — |
| 2017 | 816 | 816 | #383 | — |
| 2016 | 974 | 979 | #343 | — |
| 2015 | 967 | 967 | #339 | — |
| 2014 | 1,118 | 1,118 | #292 | — |
| 2013 | 1,078 | 1,091 | #298 | #10,790 |
| 2012 | 1,189 | 1,198 | #275 | #12,356 |
| 2011 | 1,278 | 1,285 | #253 | #10,864 |
| 2010 | 1,219 | 1,219 | #269 | — |
| 2009 | 1,457 | 1,457 | #228 | #8,330 |
| 2008 | 1,254 | 1,262 | #275 | #9,903 |
| 2007 | 1,180 | 1,180 | #290 | #7,617 |
| 2006 | 1,222 | 1,231 | #272 | #12,127 |
| 2005 | 1,256 | 1,265 | #260 | — |
| 2004 | 1,438 | 1,447 | #229 | #11,420 |
| 2003 | 1,419 | 1,424 | #233 | #9,622 |
| 2002 | 1,361 | 1,368 | #232 | — |
| 2001 | 1,360 | 1,374 | #233 | — |
| 2000 | 1,386 | 1,394 | #231 | #10,417 |
| 1999 | 1,536 | 1,552 | #202 | #6,548 |
| 1998 | 1,647 | 1,656 | #188 | #9,676 |
| 1997 | 1,770 | — | #173 | #7,300 |
| 1996 | 1,901 | — | #166 | — |
| 1995 | 1,952 | — | #162 | — |
| 1994 | 2,126 | — | #153 | #8,838 |
| 1993 | 2,247 | — | #141 | #7,667 |
| 1992 | 2,073 | — | #147 | #6,686 |
| 1991 | 2,166 | — | #142 | #4,240 |
| 1990 | 2,376 | — | #132 | #4,176 |
| 1989 | 2,515 | — | #119 | #2,416 |
| 1988 | 2,554 | — | #113 | #3,712 |
| 1987 | 2,787 | — | #100 | #3,075 |
| 1986 | 3,000 | — | #96 | #2,226 |
| 1985 | 2,837 | — | #97 | #4,714 |
| 1984 | 2,524 | — | #110 | #3,465 |
| 1983 | 2,504 | — | #116 | #3,234 |
| 1982 | 2,747 | — | #111 | #2,429 |
| 1981 | 2,719 | — | #113 | #2,901 |
| 1980 | 2,994 | — | #101 | #3,098 |
| 1979 | 2,951 | — | #102 | #3,174 |
| 1978 | 2,443 | — | #123 | #3,621 |
| 1977 | 2,385 | — | #122 | #3,042 |
| 1976 | 2,289 | — | #118 | #2,510 |
| 1975 | 2,283 | — | #127 | #2,543 |
| 1974 | 2,093 | — | #135 | #2,676 |
| 1973 | 1,938 | — | #146 | #3,227 |
| 1972 | 1,823 | — | #162 | #2,422 |
| 1971 | 2,222 | — | #143 | #2,819 |
| 1970 | 1,771 | — | #187 | #3,530 |
| 1969 | 1,082 | — | #269 | #4,423 |
| 1968 | 904 | — | #291 | — |
| 1967 | 901 | — | #284 | #3,570 |
| 1966 | 959 | — | #270 | — |
| 1965 | 1,461 | — | #221 | — |
| 1964 | 1,451 | — | #226 | — |
| 1963 | 1,394 | — | #234 | #4,059 |
| 1962 | 1,427 | — | #225 | #3,648 |
| 1961 | 1,409 | — | #231 | — |
| 1960 | 1,267 | — | #246 | — |
| 1959 | 1,197 | — | #254 | — |
| 1958 | 993 | — | #281 | — |
| 1957 | 573 | — | #380 | #3,558 |
| 1956 | 592 | — | #359 | — |
| 1955 | 545 | — | #378 | — |
| 1954 | 626 | — | #344 | #3,181 |
| 1953 | 492 | — | #383 | — |
| 1952 | 445 | — | #393 | #3,750 |
| 1951 | 418 | — | #404 | — |
| 1950 | 360 | — | #428 | #3,027 |
| 1949 | 323 | — | #449 | #3,028 |
| 1948 | 273 | — | #497 | #3,687 |
| 1947 | 233 | — | #557 | — |
| 1946 | 220 | — | #540 | #3,183 |
| 1945 | 125 | — | #678 | #3,342 |
| 1944 | 82 | — | #867 | #3,441 |
| 1943 | 67 | — | #965 | — |
| 1942 | 85 | — | #873 | #2,945 |
| 1941 | 35 | — | #1,295 | — |
| 1940 | 42 | — | #1,114 | — |
| 1939 | 44 | — | #1,080 | — |
| 1938 | 43 | — | #1,091 | — |
| 1937 | 44 | — | #1,160 | #3,181 |
| 1936 | 51 | — | #961 | — |
| 1935 | 35 | — | #1,199 | — |
| 1934 | 56 | — | #974 | #3,295 |
| 1933 | 26 | — | #1,442 | — |
| 1932 | 35 | — | #1,214 | — |
| 1931 | 27 | — | #1,688 | #3,396 |
| 1930 | 24 | — | #1,609 | — |
| 1929 | 14 | — | #2,304 | — |
| 1928 | 33 | — | #1,503 | #4,165 |
| 1927 | 25 | — | #1,671 | — |
| 1926 | 22 | — | #1,831 | — |
| 1925 | 21 | — | #2,491 | #3,422 |
| 1924 | 34 | — | #1,812 | #2,644 |
| 1923 | 27 | — | #1,842 | #4,250 |
| 1922 | 21 | — | #1,897 | — |
| 1921 | 24 | — | #2,050 | #4,335 |
| 1920 | 17 | — | #3,099 | #3,498 |
| 1919 | 17 | — | #2,067 | — |
| 1918 | 29 | — | #2,031 | #2,545 |
| 1917 | 20 | — | #1,774 | — |
| 1916 | 15 | — | #2,134 | — |
| 1915 | 16 | — | #1,964 | — |
| 1914 | 28 | — | #1,345 | #2,927 |
| 1913 | 19 | — | #1,768 | #2,276 |
| 1912 | 9 | — | #1,985 | — |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #2,412 | — |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #2,072 | — |
| 1905 | 7 | — | #1,544 | — |