Allison: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AL-ih-suhn · 3 syllables

Allison means “noble (from Alice)”, from English.

From a Middle English diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or Alice + -son.

How popular is Allison?

Allison was the #103 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,570 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 53% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Allison in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Allison are older than 35; most are between 19 and 61. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Allison have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Allison means “noble (from Alice)”. It comes from English.

Allison is pronounced AL-ih-suhn.

Allison was the #103 name in the US in 2025, given to 2,570 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 53% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Allison are older than 35. Most are between 19 and 61.