Alison

Girl · recorded 1905–2025

  • #476in 2025
  • 1 in 2,495girls in 2025
  • −26%last ten years
  • 1.9×in Arizona

Most popular in 1979. Quieter now: down 26% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1905

09151,83019051935196519952025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 117 recorded years as a table
Alison, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190524
190716
191013
191216
191319
191429
191516
191614
191718
191816
191915
19208
192115
192217
192318
192418
192512
192619
192721
192824
192913
193021
193120
193233
193326
193448
193533
193649
193736
193839
193940
194037
194129
194258
194348
194458
194592
1946136
1947131
1948158
1949185
1950206
1951232
1952237
1953262
1954319
1955279
1956295
1957277
1958494
1959592
1960627
1961698
1962723
1963721
1964766
1965828
1966567
1967542
1968551
1969638
19701,008
19711,328
19721,189
19731,322
19741,417
19751,555
19761,551
19771,547
19781,588
19791,830
19801,795
19811,621
19821,610
19831,491
19841,492
19851,644
19861,734
19871,594
19881,427
19891,350
19901,245
19911,148
19921,120
19931,239
19941,188
19951,110
19961,084
19971,013
1998929
1999861
2000760
2001755
2002757
2003773
2004780
2005680
2006640
2007609
2008659
2009788
2010686
2011723
2012672
2013611
2014626
2015542
2016550
2017473
2018453
2019452
2020432
2021402
2022422
2023408
2024416
2025401

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Arizona 1.9×
  2. Maryland 1.7×
  3. California 1.6×
  4. Texas 1.5×
  5. Oklahoma 1.5×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
644
Rank in 2025
#476
How rare
1 in 2,495 girls
Since 1905
116,886

Most popular in 1979, at 1,830 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 26% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Arizona1.9×64
Maryland1.7×42
California1.6×325
Texas1.5×301
Oklahoma1.5×27

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.