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Alison
Pronounced /ˈælɪsən/
Rank in 2024
#465
Born in 2024
673
Peak year
1980 · #101
Origin
Germanic
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 673 girls were named Alison, about 1 in every 2,397.
- It peaked in 1980 with 2,980 babies, ranked #101.
- It first shows up in the records in 1905.
- 116,237 girls have been named Alison since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Alison per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.4Boomers1946–64
- 1.2Gen X1965–80
- 1.4Millennials1981–96
- 0.8Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 302 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 828 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 14,184 babies, 0.40 per 1,000. Gen X: 30,348 babies, 1.19 per 1,000. Millennials: 38,833 babies, 1.38 per 1,000. Gen Z: 21,893 babies, 0.75 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,849 babies, 0.48 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Alisoun, from Old French Alison, itself from Alis + -on, with Alis ultimately being from Old High German Adalheid or Adalhaid (“of noble kind”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈælɪsən/ ==== Proper noun ==== Alison (countable and uncountable, plural Alisons) A female given name from the Germanic languages. (dated) A male given name. A locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. A locality in the Dungog council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. ===== Derived terms =====
- A female given name from the Germanic languages.
- (dated) A male given name.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /ˈælɪsən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Alison, CC BY-SA 4.0.