Recorded 1944–2025 · United States
Alyson was most popular in 1990, when 741 American babies were given the name — ranking #692 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,609, with 157 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 29,740 people named Alyson.
Alyson first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1944, which makes it about 81 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 82 of the 82 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 29,740 American births named Alyson between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 28,912 are estimated to be alive today.
157 American babies were named Alyson in 2025, ranking #2,609 that year.
Alyson is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 199 births a year, against 518 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -62% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Alyson is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 29,740 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 28,912 Americans named Alyson are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 30 years old, and half are between 19 and 42.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org