Alyson

Alyson: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “noble kind”
Origin: French
Say it: AL-ih-sun · 3 syllables
Used for: Girls

Medieval French diminutive forms of Alice/Alison ultimately go back to Adalheidis. Alyson is a spelling variant of Alison.

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How popular is Alyson?

202457.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Alyson in 2024189

2024 rank#1,235 girls

Peak year1987

Total US babies since 188029,582

Alyson is fading: recent use is about 42% of its level ten years before.

Names like Alyson

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Allisonnoble kind · French
Alicianoble kind · Germanic
Alisonnoble kind · French
Alissonnoble kind · French
Alisanoble kind · Germanic
Alysenoble · French
Alycenoble type · Germanic

Alyson questions

What does the name Alyson mean?

Alyson means "noble kind". It comes from French. Medieval French diminutive forms of Alice/Alison ultimately go back to Adalheidis. Alyson is a spelling variant of Alison.

Is Alyson a boy or girl name?

Alyson is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Alyson?

189 US babies were named Alyson in 2024. Its peak year was 1987.

How do you pronounce Alyson?

Alyson is usually pronounced AL-ih-sun.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.