Alyson

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Alyson: Recorded since 1968, it reached #300 in 1989, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
56years from first to last
#300highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#2738
1998	#3848
2000	#2746
2001	#2226
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2010	#4688
2011	#5785
2013	#5742
2022	#3970
2023	#4709

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 27 of the 54 years from 1968 to 2021.

In 2011: #695 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5785 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1968–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #401 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1968–2021
Highest recorded position: #300 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1989 (recorded 1968–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Alyson appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1968, and has registered 124 births with the name.

Alyson across 2 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.

Alyson'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	#401 (1968)	#300 (1989)	#883 (2021)	27 of 54	124 (1968–2021)	10 (1989)
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1755 (1996)	#4709 (2023)	14 of 28	63 (1996–2023)	9 (1996)

Alyson 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 Alyson in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970s	18	5 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	31	6 of 10	5
1990s	41	8 of 10	5
2000s	23	5 of 10	5
2010s	5	1 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Alyson 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 1968 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #300 in Republic of Ireland in 1989.

Alyson'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#350	7	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#357	7	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#300	10	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 1968 and 2023, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #300, first reached in 1989.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1989.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 31 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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Alysia · #606, 29y
Alyssa · #25, 33y
Alyssia · #423, 29y

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.

Clarissa · #301, 32y
Youssef · #297, 40y
Malena · #305, 33y
Meagan · #295, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Averil · #300, 18y
Celene · #300, 13y
Lavina · #300, 24y
Meave · #300, 17y

Alyson was ranked #300 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1989. 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.

Alyson 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 Alyson without appearing here.

Alyson moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5742 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #5669.
Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #5669.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5742 and #2649 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #5669.
Belinda Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5742 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Alyson

Ezra Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #3185.
Marilyn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #1843.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2738 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #1392.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.

Moved the opposite way to Alyson

Alexandra Compare
Between 1968 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alyson went from #401 to #883 while Alexandra went from #222 to #106.
Alice Compare
Between 1968 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alyson went from #401 to #883 while Alice went from #87 to #40.
Amy Compare
Between 1968 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alyson went from #401 to #883 while Amy went from #357 to #84.
Anna Compare
Between 1968 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alyson went from #401 to #883 while Anna went from #42 to #21.

Moved the same way as Alyson

Audrey Compare
Between 1968 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alyson went from #401 to #883 and Audrey from #48 to #661.
Camilla Compare
Between 1968 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alyson went from #401 to #883 and Camilla from #270 to #883.
Eileen Compare
Between 1968 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alyson went from #401 to #883 and Eileen from #22 to #322.
Margaret Compare
Between 1968 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Alyson went from #401 to #883 and Margaret from #3 to #190.

What's not yet available

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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 1968 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #300 in Republic of Ireland in 1989. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Alyson

Alyson at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alyson across 2 official records

Alyson by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Alyson appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Alyson at a glance

Alyson across 2 official records

Alyson by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Alyson appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Alyson

Alyson and the names beside it

Alyson moved ahead of

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