Allyson

“Variant of Alison — Of noble kind” — Germanic via Old French origin

Girl's name · #1139 in the US (2025) · 90s

Allyson's best rank, #186, came in 1998; it has stepped well back to #1139 today. Roughly 54,000 girls have been named Allyson since 1945. Allyson is the less common spelling of Allison (#103) and Alison (#476) — about 5% of babies given the name are written this way.

Around the world: about 1 in 12,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Allysons

Allyson Felix — American track and field athlete
Allyson Schwartz — American politician
Allyson Swaby — Jamaican footballer
Allyson Ponson — Aruban swimmer
Allyson Maynard Gibson — Bahamian barrister, politician, and community rights advocate

In stories & tradition

Allyson Miller — Now You See It...

What Allysons become

Among 78 notable people named Allyson:

Sports figures appear 1.95× more often than among typical names — e.g. Allyson Felix, American track and field athlete.

Similar names: Alyson · Clarissa · Alissa · Hayley · Haley · Ashton

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