Alyson is an established variant of Allison that peaked in 1990 and has since faded.
Alyson is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,388 for girl births in the United States (and #2,609 across all names), given to 157 babies. Alyson was first reported in SSA data in 1944 and peaked in 1990 (741 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 157 | 157 | #1,388 | — |
| 2024 | 191 | 191 | #1,232 | — |
| 2023 | 200 | 200 | #1,199 | — |
| 2022 | 201 | 201 | #1,199 | — |
| 2021 | 247 | 247 | #1,028 | — |
| 2020 | 233 | 233 | #1,063 | — |
| 2019 | 281 | 281 | #939 | — |
| 2018 | 305 | 305 | #887 | — |
| 2017 | 326 | 326 | #832 | — |
| 2016 | 356 | 356 | #799 | — |
| 2015 | 419 | 419 | #680 | — |
| 2014 | 496 | 496 | #594 | — |
| 2013 | 498 | 505 | #577 | — |
| 2012 | 555 | 563 | #541 | — |
| 2011 | 620 | 620 | #480 | — |
| 2010 | 588 | 588 | #510 | — |
| 2009 | 642 | 642 | #480 | — |
| 2008 | 654 | 654 | #483 | — |
| 2007 | 595 | 595 | #524 | — |
| 2006 | 668 | 668 | #472 | — |
| 2005 | 652 | 652 | #470 | — |
| 2004 | 663 | 663 | #456 | #11,430 |
| 2003 | 675 | 675 | #444 | — |
| 2002 | 647 | 647 | #447 | — |
| 2001 | 607 | 607 | #456 | — |
| 2000 | 599 | 605 | #463 | — |
| 1999 | 635 | 635 | #433 | — |
| 1998 | 658 | 658 | #410 | — |
| 1997 | 632 | — | #414 | — |
| 1996 | 668 | — | #397 | — |
| 1995 | 662 | — | #396 | — |
| 1994 | 700 | — | #372 | — |
| 1993 | 699 | — | #364 | — |
| 1992 | 643 | — | #399 | — |
| 1991 | 576 | — | #442 | — |
| 1990 | 741 | — | #358 | — |
| 1989 | 725 | — | #354 | — |
| 1988 | 643 | — | #374 | — |
| 1987 | 694 | — | #346 | — |
| 1986 | 643 | — | #368 | #6,756 |
| 1985 | 549 | — | #410 | — |
| 1984 | 464 | — | #447 | — |
| 1983 | 463 | — | #444 | — |
| 1982 | 455 | — | #463 | — |
| 1981 | 455 | — | #466 | — |
| 1980 | 478 | — | #447 | — |
| 1979 | 487 | — | #429 | — |
| 1978 | 429 | — | #460 | — |
| 1977 | 405 | — | #476 | — |
| 1976 | 376 | — | #487 | — |
| 1975 | 346 | — | #513 | — |
| 1974 | 300 | — | #555 | — |
| 1973 | 268 | — | #588 | — |
| 1972 | 262 | — | #607 | — |
| 1971 | 265 | — | #627 | — |
| 1970 | 229 | — | #688 | — |
| 1969 | 138 | — | #897 | — |
| 1968 | 134 | — | #888 | — |
| 1967 | 119 | — | #935 | — |
| 1966 | 112 | — | #960 | — |
| 1965 | 182 | — | #738 | — |
| 1964 | 199 | — | #737 | — |
| 1963 | 161 | — | #819 | — |
| 1962 | 118 | — | #985 | — |
| 1961 | 147 | — | #879 | — |
| 1960 | 102 | — | #1,063 | — |
| 1959 | 104 | — | #1,048 | — |
| 1958 | 109 | — | #994 | — |
| 1957 | 48 | — | #1,550 | — |
| 1956 | 62 | — | #1,319 | — |
| 1955 | 57 | — | #1,334 | — |
| 1954 | 47 | — | #1,466 | — |
| 1953 | 36 | — | #1,648 | — |
| 1952 | 54 | — | #1,297 | — |
| 1951 | 38 | — | #1,528 | — |
| 1950 | 30 | — | #1,722 | — |
| 1949 | 33 | — | #1,629 | — |
| 1948 | 24 | — | #1,955 | — |
| 1947 | 25 | — | #1,947 | — |
| 1946 | 24 | — | #1,862 | — |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #3,685 | — |
| 1944 | 5 | — | #4,597 | — |