Allyson

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Allyson: Recorded since 1968, with a gap of 27 years, its highest recorded position is #401, and it stood at #4,535 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#401highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Allyson's record

Absent from every published list for 27 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2020

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2001	#3998
2003	#3594
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2007	#5201
2011	#5785
2013	#3536
2014	#5691
2017	#4763
2018	#4684
2020	#4535

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 England and Wales in 14 of the 25 years from 1996 to 2020.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1968–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #4535 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Girls

Allyson by decade in England and Wales · 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 Allyson in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	16	5 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	20	5 of 10	4
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Allyson 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 2 regions, from 1968 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #401 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Allyson'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
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1968 and 2020, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #401, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 27 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 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.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
10separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
27 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period20 or more years missing →
#4,535position in 2020, its most recent recorded year
28 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Wanda · #401, 19y
Nedas · #403, 16y
Lochie · #404, 11y
Aayat · #405, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Celeste · #401, 30y
Luisa · #401, 31y
Phillipa · #401, 32y
Richelle · #401, 30y

Allyson was ranked #401 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1968. 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.

Allyson 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 Allyson without appearing here.

Allyson moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #5785 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3536 and #5742.
Lynette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4798 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3536 and #5742.
Kristine Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #5765.
Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Allyson

Audrey Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1319.
Francis Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3536 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2502.
Shea Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2350 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1823.
Aria Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2165.

Moved the opposite way to Allyson

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Allyson went from #2350 to #4535 while Ada went from #2683 to #38.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Allyson went from #2350 to #4535 while Alma went from #2096 to #304.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Allyson went from #2350 to #4535 while Alyssa went from #783 to #213.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Allyson went from #2350 to #4535 while Amalie went from #2096 to #992.

Moved the same way as Allyson

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Allyson went from #2350 to #4535 and Abigail from #21 to #87.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Allyson went from #2350 to #4535 and Aimee from #70 to #749.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Allyson went from #2350 to #4535 and Aisling from #440 to #1556.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Allyson went from #2350 to #4535 and Alex from #161 to #1556.

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 2 regions, from 1968 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #401 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Allyson

Allyson at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Allyson by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Allyson at a glance

What stands out in Allyson's record

Allyson by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Allyson appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Allyson

Allyson and the names beside it

Allyson moved ahead of

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