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How popular is “Alyson” in the USA?

Number of people named “Alyson” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Alyson” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Alyson” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Alyson” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Alyson” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Alyson” by birth year

This chart shows how “Alyson” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1944 5 0.000001859 5 100%
1945 7 0.000002639 7 100%
1946 24 0.000007511 24 100%
1947 25 0.00000694 25 100%
1948 24 0.000006951 24 100%
1949 33 0.00000947 33 100%
1950 30 0.000008563 30 100%
1951 38 0.000010316 38 100%
1952 54 0.000014218 54 100%
1953 36 0.000009342 36 100%
1954 47 0.000011807 47 100%
1955 57 0.000014196 57 100%
1956 62 0.000015037 62 100%
1957 48 0.000011423 48 100%
1958 109 0.000026367 109 100%
1959 104 0.000025012 104 100%
1960 102 0.000024556 102 100%
1961 147 0.000035488 147 100%
1962 118 0.000029241 118 100%
1963 161 0.000040675 161 100%
1964 199 0.000051188 199 100%
1965 182 0.000050201 182 100%
1966 112 0.000032224 112 100%
1967 119 0.000035053 119 100%
1968 134 0.000039664 134 100%
1969 138 0.000039709 138 100%
1970 230 0.000063773 230 100%
1971 265 0.000077206 265 100%
1972 262 0.00008336 262 100%
1973 268 0.000088833 268 100%
1974 300 0.000098684 300 100%
1975 346 0.000114593 346 100%
1976 376 0.000123917 376 100%
1977 405 0.000127499 405 100%
1978 429 0.000135166 429 100%
1979 487 0.000146378 487 100%
1980 478 0.000138772 478 100%
1981 455 0.000131527 455 100%
1982 455 0.000129705 455 100%
1983 463 0.000133686 463 100%
1984 464 0.000132999 464 100%
1985 549 0.00015382 549 100%
1986 643 0.000180766 638 5 98%
1987 694 0.000192478 694 100%
1988 643 0.000174017 643 100%
1989 725 0.000188584 725 100%
1990 741 0.000187477 741 100%
1991 576 0.000147872 576 100%
1992 643 0.000167392 643 100%
1993 699 0.000185397 699 100%
1994 700 0.000188291 700 100%
1995 662 0.000180768 662 100%
1996 668 0.000183154 668 100%
1997 632 0.000174309 632 100%
1998 658 0.000178892 658 100%
1999 635 0.000171907 635 100%
2000 599 0.00015847 599 100%
2001 607 0.000162152 607 100%
2002 647 0.000173074 647 100%
2003 675 0.000177523 675 100%
2004 663 0.000173518 658 5 98%
2005 652 0.000169578 652 100%
2006 668 0.000168849 668 100%
2007 595 0.000148836 595 100%
2008 654 0.000166384 654 100%
2009 642 0.000168055 642 100%
2010 588 0.000159102 588 100%
2011 620 0.000169501 620 100%
2012 555 0.000151749 555 100%
2013 498 0.000136601 498 100%
2014 496 0.000133823 496 100%
2015 419 0.000113215 419 100%
2016 356 0.000097037 356 100%
2017 326 0.000091158 326 100%
2018 305 0.000086749 305 100%
2019 281 0.000080958 281 100%
2020 233 0.000069748 233 100%
2021 247 0.000072905 247 100%
2022 201 0.000059412 201 100%
2023 200 0.000060401 200 100%
2024 189 0.000056782 189 100%

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