Fun Facts About the Name Alysson
- More than 1 thousand babies named Alysson: U.S. records list 1,569 babies given the name Alysson from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Alysson Mean?
Alysson is a spelling variant of the English feminine name Alison (also spelled Allison, Alyson, or Allyson). Alison began as a diminutive of Alice, a name that came into English from the Old French Aliz / Aalis. That Old French name descends from the Germanic Adalheidis - the ancestor of Adelaide - which is built from adal, "noble," and heid, "kind, sort, type." Read literally, the compound means "of noble kind" or "noble type," and it is commonly shortened in dictionaries to "noble."
The ending -on in Alison is a French diminutive suffix, the same one found in names such as Marion (from Marie). Alison therefore began with the sense "little Alice," a pet form whose affectionate force faded as the name became established on its own. The y and doubled s in Alysson are modern spelling choices; they do not point to a different origin or a different meaning.
Alysson Name History & Origins
Alison took shape in medieval France as a diminutive of Alis (also written Aalis), the Old French form of Alice. Norman French carried the name to England after the Conquest, and it is found there in the Middle Ages as an ordinary woman's given name, not merely a literary invention. Geoffrey Chaucer gives the name to the young wife in "The Miller's Tale" in the late 14th century; the name was familiar enough at the time that the character's name needed no explanation, so the poem is a reflection of the name's use rather than its starting point.
From the later Middle Ages the same name also passed into inherited surnames in Britain - Allison, Alison, and Ellison among them - and those surname forms helped keep the name in circulation. The given name has remained in use in English-speaking countries, and a range of spellings, including Alyson, Allyson, and Alysson, arose as variations on the standard form. Those spellings share the single origin described above; Alysson itself is simply one of the modern ways of writing Alison.
How Popular is the Name Alysson?
Alysson has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2010. Its best rank was #1,993 in 2010.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,648 | 41 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #3,379 | 46 | 0.0029% |
| 2023 | #3,639 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2022 | #3,313 | 48 | 0.0029% |
| 2021 | #3,248 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2020 | #3,615 | 41 | 0.0025% |
| 2019 | #3,392 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 2018 | #2,842 | 59 | 0.0035% |
| 2017 | #2,688 | 64 | 0.0037% |
| 2016 | #2,502 | 72 | 0.0041% |
| 2015 | #2,525 | 71 | 0.0040% |
| 2014 | #2,496 | 72 | 0.0040% |
| 2013 | #2,661 | 66 | 0.0038% |
| 2012 | #2,376 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 2011 | #2,257 | 83 | 0.0047% |
| 2010 | #1,993 | 100 | 0.0056% |
| 2009 | #2,120 | 95 | 0.0052% |
| 2008 | #2,586 | 72 | 0.0038% |
| 2007 | #4,955 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #4,960 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2005 | #8,913 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #5,985 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #7,602 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #7,850 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #6,085 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2000 | #6,827 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1999 | #8,254 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #5,812 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #5,639 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #8,174 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #9,614 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #5,724 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #9,600 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #7,531 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #6,987 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #10,242 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #5,553 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #6,294 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #4,667 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1986 | #5,463 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1985 | #6,976 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #5,549 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #8,072 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #4,722 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1981 | #6,336 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #5,557 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #9,799 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1977 | #6,907 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #6,631 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #6,509 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #6,918 | 7 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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