Meaning and history
Allison came into use in the middle of the 20th century chiefly as a variant of the feminine name Alison, though before that it was an uncommon masculine name derived from the English and Scottish surname Allison.
20062006: 5,564 births, rank #47
2007: 5,454 births, rank #46
2008: 6,241 births, rank #32
2009: 6,581 births, rank #30
2010: 5,868 births, rank #38
20112011: 5,472 births, rank #40
2012: 5,428 births, rank #38
2013: 5,446 births, rank #34
2014: 5,476 births, rank #39
2015: 5,356 births, rank #39
20162016: 4,786 births, rank #50
2017: 4,037 births, rank #61
2018: 3,694 births, rank #70
2019: 3,440 births, rank #78
2020: 3,161 births, rank #80
20212021: 3,140 births, rank #82
2022: 2,714 births, rank #101
2023: 2,650 births, rank #100
2024: 2,631 births, rank #99
20252025: 2,564 births, rank #103
Allison moved from #99 to #103 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1994, with 8,150 births.