Allison

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Allison: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Allison: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #63 in 1971, and it stood at #631 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
97times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#63highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Allison's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#1802
1998	#1979
1999	#1317
2000	#1688
2001	#2023
2002	#2868
2004	#2802
2005	#2438
2006	#4157
2008	#3397
2009	#2759
2010	#1993
2011	#2893
2012	#4171
2013	#2313
2014	#3160
2015	#3615
2016	#2757
2017	#2502
2018	#2090
2019	#2643
2020	#2163
2021	#1785
2022	#5669
2023	#2346
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 54 of the 61 years from 1964 to 2024.

In 2024: #631 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3318 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–1980
Highest recorded position: #63 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1971 (recorded 1965–1980).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Allison appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 54 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 583 births with the name.

Allison across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Allison's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#164 (1966)	#631 (2024)	54 of 61	583 (1964–2024)	25 (1966)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#1317 (1999)	#3318 (2024)	27 of 29	232 (1996–2024)	16 (2021)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#97 (1965)	#63 (1971)	#85 (1980)	16 of 16	1,657 (1965–1980)	158 (1971)

Allison by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Allison in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	84	6 of 10	14
1970sbusiest	209	10 of 10	21
1980s	131	10 of 10	13
1990s	83	10 of 10	8
2000s	29	7 of 10	4
2010s	35	8 of 10	4
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Allison appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #63 in New South Wales, Australia in 1972.

Allison's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1785	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#85	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#84	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#84	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	144	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#63	158	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#82	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#621	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	11	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#295	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#329	8	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#242	15	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#285	11	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#310	10	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#305	10	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#306	10	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#260	15	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	16	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	18	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	16	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#261	16	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	17	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	19	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	17	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	22	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	25	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#210	24	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#213	20	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#195	25	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#189	24	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#202	20	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#216	15	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#228	11	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	25	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	10	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #63, first reached in 1971.

It held a top-100 place in 16 years, 16 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 158 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1971.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1965, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Alliyah · #635, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Enda · #60, 62y
Nathalie · #60, 57y
Eamon · #59, 62y
Kamilla · #57, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Agnieszka · #64, 47y
Angelica · #62, 57y
Karianne · #64, 56y
Wesley · #62, 56y

Allison was ranked #63 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1971. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Allison and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Allison without appearing here.

Allison moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4157 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1993 and #5707.
Cheryl Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #5687.
Donna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #5687.
Tracy Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5669 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2346 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Allison

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1785 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1452.
Selma Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1785 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2058.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1785 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2438 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #4157 and #2137.

Moved the opposite way to Allison

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Allison went from #372 to #631 while Annie went from #112 to #41.
Charlotte Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Allison went from #372 to #631 while Charlotte went from #171 to #64.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Allison went from #372 to #631 while Clodagh went from #149 to #42.
Emily Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Allison went from #372 to #631 while Emily went from #180 to #4.

Moved the same way as Allison

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Allison went from #372 to #631 and Audrey from #85 to #898.
Eileen Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Allison went from #372 to #631 and Eileen from #17 to #372.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Allison went from #372 to #631 and Julia from #42 to #75.
Margaret Compare
Between 1964 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Allison went from #372 to #631 and Margaret from #3 to #181.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #63 in New South Wales, Australia in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Allison

Allison at a glance

What stands out in Allison's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Allison across 3 official records

Allison by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Allison appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Allison and the names beside it

Allison moved ahead of

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What stands out in Allison's record

Allison across 3 official records

Allison by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Allison appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Allison

Allison and the names beside it

Allison moved ahead of

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