Allison
A girls’ name of Old German origin, meaning noble natured; a form of Alison.
How Allison has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #39 |
| 2016 | #50 |
| 2017 | #61 |
| 2018 | #70 |
| 2019 | #77 |
| 2020 | #80 |
| 2021 | #82 |
| 2022 | #101 |
| 2023 | #100 |
| 2024 | #99 |
| 2025 | #103 |
Allison by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Allison. In the US, 4,017 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 8,150 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
At its height, in 1995, about 1 in 240 American girls born that year was called Allison.
Other names that come from Alison
Like Allison, each of these traces back to Alison: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Allienoble; a form of Alice or Alison987 in the US (2017)
- Allynoble; diminutive of Alison or Allyson213 in the US (2017)
- Alydefender of mankind; a form of Alice or Alison78 in the US (2017)
- Alisannenoble; a variant of Alison10 in the US (2017)
- Allyssonnoble; a variant of Alison10 in the US (2017)
- Alisynnoble; a form of Alison9 in the US (2017)
- Allisnoble; a form of Alison9 in the US (2017)
- Alysennoble; a form of Alison8 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Allison. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Allysonnoble natured; a form of Alison634 in the US (2017)
- Allissonnoble; a variant of Alison81 in the US (2017)
- Allisynnoble; of noble kind; a form of Alison18 in the US (2017)
- Allizonnoble; a variant of Alison11 in the US (2017)
- Addisonson of adam; child of adam5,743 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Allison
Names that are said the same way as Allison, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Alysona form of Alison; noble or of noble kind323 in the US (2017)
- Alissonnoble; a form of Alison256 in the US (2017)
- Alyssonnoble; a variant of Allison or Alison64 in the US (2017)
- Alicenof noble birth; a form of Alison23 in the US (2017)
- Alicynnoble; a modern spelling of Alison11 in the US (2017)
- Allysennoble; a variant of Alison11 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Allison, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adalynnnoble lineage; a modern respelling of Adeline2,651 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Allison
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