Allisson
Feminine · “noble kind”
Allisson is Allison with both consonants doubled — a spelling that belongs to Spanish-speaking families in the Americas rather than to English. The name underneath is medieval French, and it began as a pet form of Alice.
How old is the name Allisson?
Allisson first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Allisson alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,800 people named Allisson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Allisson most popular?
Allisson peaked in 2008, reaching #420 nationally. Today it ranks #2751, 2,331 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Adelheid to Allisson
The story of Allisson
Adelheid was a Germanic woman's name that French shortened to Aalis and then Alice, and Alison was what French speakers called a small or beloved Alice. It went to Scotland with Norman settlers and stayed common there long after England had let it go, which is why it is often described as a Scottish name. American use revived it in the twentieth century, and Latin American families adopted it warmly and respelled it to their own conventions — Allison, Allisson, Alisson, Alison — with the doubled letters marking the crossing.
Meaning
noble kind — through Alice
Alison is a Norman French diminutive of Alice, and Alice is Adelaide, from Germanic adal, 'noble', and heid, 'kind, sort, quality'. The -on ending is French and affectionate, the same one in Marion. The meaning is inherited from that line and is not disputed; the doubled letters change nothing.
How the name formed
- Adelheid
- Aalis
- Alice
- Alison
- Allisson
Related forms: Alison · Alison · Adelheid · Alice
Pronouncing Allisson
AL-ih-son
Three syllables, stress on the first. Spanish says it much the same way, though the final syllable is fuller — ah-lee-SON is heard too, with the stress at the end, following Spanish rules.
Nicknames for Allisson
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1976
- Most girls named
- 2008768 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #420reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- −22.5%62 in 2025, from 80
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Allisson in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Alison in English — spelling variant
- Alison in French — same name
- Adelheid in German — related form
- Alice in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Allissons among us
people named Allisson are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 25,924 born in 2025 was named Allisson
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Allisson
- #2751
- Allisson on the 2025 chart
- #415
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Allisson went to 62 girls in 2025, but Alisson, Alysson and Allysson are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 689, which makes it the 415th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,336 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 2,333 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 25,924 for Allisson itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Gena test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Allisson's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Gena climbed just as high around 1968, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Gena's path sketches the road Allisson is walking now.
Allisson sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Allisson is headed
Allisson should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Allisson beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Allisson in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Alli and Lissy are established short forms in two languages.
- A documented line back to medieval French and beyond it to Germanic, unusual for a name this familiar.
- Recognized instantly in both English and Spanish-speaking countries.
- Allison and Alison are the standard spellings, so the doubled s will be dropped by nearly everyone writing it.
- Allison, Allisson, Alisson, Alyson and Alison are five live spellings of one name.
- The stress moves between English and Spanish, so the child will hear it two ways.
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Frequently asked
- How many Allissons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,800 people named Allisson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Allisson?
- Allisson is one of 4 recorded spellings. Alisson is the more common one — 580 births in 2025 against 62 for Allisson.
- How popular is the name Allisson in 2025?
- Allisson ranks #2751 among US girl names in 2025, with 62 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Allisson?
- About 1 in every 25,924 US girls born in 2025 was named Allisson — 62 in all.
- Will my child share the name Allisson with classmates?
- Allisson will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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