Allyson

A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning noble natured; a form of Alison.

Babies a year
634
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Allyson has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2024. Lower is more popular.
#282#671#1059201520202024#909

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#362
2016#423
2017#486
2018#560
2019#628
2020#643
2021#701
2022#847
2023#979
2024#909

Allyson by the numbers

Allyson was given to 634 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 1,650 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.

Other names that come from Alison

Like Allyson, 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)
  • Allizonnoble; a variant of Alison11 in the US (2017)
  • Alisannenoble; 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 Allyson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
  • Alysona form of Alison; noble or of noble kind323 in the US (2017)
  • Allysennoble; a variant of Alison11 in the US (2017)
  • Allyssonnoble; a variant of Alison10 in the US (2017)
  • Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
  • Addysonchild of Adam; a form of Addison561 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Allyson

Names that are said the same way as Allyson, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Alissonnoble; a form of Alison256 in the US (2017)
  • Allissonnoble; a variant of Alison81 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)
  • Allisynnoble; of noble kind; a form of Alison18 in the US (2017)
  • Alicynnoble; a modern spelling of Alison11 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean nobility

Like Allyson, 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)

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