girls:
53.3k births since 1945
#554 (90th percentile)
boys:
21 births since 1969
#4565 (0th percentile)
overall:
53.3k births since 1945
#1040 (87th percentile)
The name Allyson is the #1,040 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 53,275 recorded births since 1945. This represents the 86.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 86.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #554 (90.3% percentile) for all time with 53,254 births since 1945. For boys, it ranks #4,565 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 21 births since 1969.
Allyson first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1945 (1945 for girls and 1969 for boys).
The name Allyson has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Allyson reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 79.0% percentile (ranked #184) with 851 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 851 births per million (ranked 79.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Allyson ranks #694 for girls (26.7% percentile) with 150 births per million, which is 17.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Allyson reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #643) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1990.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Allyson".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Allyson. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.8% confident that Allyson is pronounced as A-lih-suhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-lee-suhn, at 26.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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