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Alison

“Of noble kind” — Germanic via Old French origin

Girl's name · #476 in the US (2025) · 80s

Alison has appeared in US records since 1905 — best rank #96 (1986) · 116,886 babies named Alison all-time · 1 in 2,500 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,100 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 1,400 girls in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 5,100 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Alisons

• Alison Brie — American actress and writer (born 1982)
• Alison Krauss — American musician
• Alison Lohman — American actress
• Alison Pill — Canadian actress (born 1985)
• Alison Bechdel — American cartoonist, author

In stories & tradition

• Alison (Dazzler) — Uncanny X-Men
• Alison DiLaurentis — Pretty Little Liars · Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists
• Alison Stewart — As the World Turns

What Alisons become

Among 1,163 notable people named Alison:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.35× more often than among typical names — e.g. Alison Weir, British historian & novelist (born 1951).

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