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Girl's name · #103 in the US (2025) · 90s wave
Allison reached its best rank, #30, in 2009 and ranked #103 in 2025. Roughly 319,000 girls have been named Allison since 1908.
US births of Allison rose from 465 in 1957 to 987 in 1958, the year after the film Peyton Place featured Allison MacKenzie. Another rise came from 2,077 in 1964 to 3,044 in 1965, following the television adaptation with Mia Farrow in the role.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#85 in Mexico (2024) · #140 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #191 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,437 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,802 in England & Wales (2025) · #354 in Canada (2024).
Among 597 notable people named Allison:
Sports figures appear 1.44× more often than among typical names — e.g. Allison Schmitt, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder.
Popular twin pairings with Allison include Abigail and Ashley for girls.
Together with its spelling variants Alison (#476) and Alisson (#511), Allison would rank around #61 with about 3,800 births last year — the newborns split about 68/17/15 across Allison, Alison, and Alisson.
Similar names: Alison · Natalie · Alyssa · Victoria · Autumn · Alicia
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