Mostly girls
Adalynn
Variation of Adeline, French
“noble, nobility”
Mostly girls · Norman French, diminutive of Alice
Alison
“noble”
Say it AL-uh-sunPronunciation may vary by region.
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The story behind the name
Meet Alison.
US birth records for 2025 list 644 girls named Alison (rank #476) and 5 boys named Alison (rank #12,100).
For girls, the recorded count fell from 674 in 2024 to 644 in 2025.
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How popular is Alison?
Girls · 2025#476644 recorded births
Boys · 2025#12,1005 recorded births
Recorded US births over time
● Girls● Boys
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| Year | Category | US rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 12,100 | 5 |
| 2025 | Girls | 476 | 644 |
| 2024 | Girls | 465 | 674 |
| 2023 | Girls | 471 | 654 |
| 2022 | Boys | 10,929 | 6 |
| 2022 | Girls | 458 | 692 |
| 2021 | Girls | 473 | 660 |
| 2020 | Girls | 440 | 699 |
| 2019 | Girls | 413 | 758 |
| 2018 | Girls | 400 | 770 |
| 2017 | Girls | 383 | 816 |
| 2016 | Girls | 343 | 974 |
| 2015 | Girls | 339 | 967 |
| 2014 | Girls | 292 | 1,118 |
Rankings are calculated separately for boys and girls. Records below the publication threshold may be missing; gaps are not zero births.
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