Alison has been given to about 117,481 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1986, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.
Alison ranks 476th among American girls in 2025, with 649 born that year. Its best year was 1986, when 3,000 babies were given the name, ranking 96th. The typical living American called Alison is about 40 years old today. It is relatively most common in Maine, where it accounts for 0.09% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.