# Alyson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alyson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 29,740 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 29,730 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 63, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare variant of Alison.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 620 | 480 |
| 2012 | 555 | 541 |
| 2013 | 498 | 577 |
| 2014 | 496 | 594 |
| 2015 | 419 | 680 |
| 2016 | 356 | 799 |
| 2017 | 326 | 832 |
| 2018 | 305 | 887 |
| 2019 | 281 | 939 |
| 2020 | 233 | 1,063 |
| 2021 | 247 | 1,028 |
| 2022 | 201 | 1,199 |
| 2023 | 200 | 1,199 |
| 2024 | 191 | 1,232 |
| 2025 | 157 | 1,388 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | 6,756 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,430 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 9 | 1,755 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2,226 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |

## People named Alyson

- Alyson Stoner, American actor, singer and dancer
- Alyson Reed, American dancer and actress
- Alyson Noël, American writer
- Alyson Annan, Australian field hockey player (born 1973)
- Alyson Court, Canadian actress
- Alyson Dudek, American short track speed skater
- Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld, American voice actress
- Alyson Charles, Canadian speed skater
- Alyson Williams, American singer
- Alyson Dixon, British athletics competitor
- Alyson Bailes, English diplomat (1949-2016)
- Aly Michalka, American singer and actress (born 1989)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.