Alisson
A feminine variant of the French name Alison, deriving from the German name Alice meaning "noble, exalted one."
Name Census estimates that about 6,409 living Americans carry the first name Alisson. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Alisson today is around 12 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Alisson births was 2024 (550 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Alisson. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Alisson with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Alisson is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 12 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
6.4K
~ 1 in 53,480 Americans
Peak year
2024
550 babies that year
Average age
12
years old
2020 SSA rank
#551
Tracked since 1973
Census
Alisson in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 4,481 people with the first name Alisson, which placed it at #4,241 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#4,241
National first-name rank
People counted
4.5K
4,481 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
1.5
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
87.5% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Alisson
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alisson is Hispanic at 87.5%. The next largest groups are White (9.8%) and Black (1.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Alisson described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Alisson at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino87.5% · 3,921
- White9.8% · 439
- Black or African American1.0% · 47
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.8% · 35
- Two or more races0.7% · 30
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.2% · 9
Gender
Gender distribution for Alisson
Out of the 6,469 babies given the name Alisson since 1880, 99.9% were registered as female. The name sits firmly on the female side of the spectrum, with only a handful of male registrations across the entire dataset.
Alisson as a male name
- Ranked #12,121 in 2020
- 5 male births in 2020
- Peak: 2020 (5 births)
Alisson as a female name
- Ranked #551 in 2024
- 550 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2024 (550 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Alisson leans strongly female. 4,350 people counted with this name were female (96.9%), compared with 139 male bearers (3.1%).
Popularity
Alisson: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Alisson from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 3,052 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Alisson remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Alisson by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Alisson during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Alissons live
The SSA's state-level files cover 33 states and territories. Texas, California, New York recorded the most babies named Alisson, while District of Columbia, Minnesota, Michigan recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 160 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Alisson
The given name Alisson is a variant form of the French feminine name Alice, which derives from the Old French name Alis. This name is believed to have been introduced to France from Germany, where it originated as a short form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, from the elements adal, meaning "noble," and heid, meaning "kind, sort, type." The Old French Alis eventually became Alice in modern French.
The earliest recorded instance of the name Alisson was in the late 12th century, when it was used as a masculine name in northern France. One of the earliest bearers was Alisson de Vaux, a French knight who fought in the Third Crusade under King Richard I of England in the late 12th century.
In the Middle Ages, the name Alisson was occasionally borne by English nobles, such as Alisson de Lacy (1276-1311), an English noblewoman and heiress. However, it was not a common name in England at the time.
In the 16th century, the name Alisson gained some popularity in Scotland, where it was used as a variant of the Scots form of Alice, Alison. One notable bearer was Alisson Balfour (c. 1520-1572), a Scottish landowner and member of the Balfour family.
Another significant figure who bore the name Alisson was Alisson de Tassis (1509-1573), a Spanish diplomat and military officer who served as a courier for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his son Philip II of Spain.
In the 17th century, the name Alisson was used occasionally in England and the American colonies, though it remained relatively uncommon. One bearer was Alisson Browne (1605-1685), an English Puritan minister who emigrated to Massachusetts and served as a preacher in Salem.
People
Alisson + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Alisson as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Alisson: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Alisson?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 6,409 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Alisson going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 53,480 US residents.
Is Alisson a common name?
We classify Alisson as "Rare". It ranks above 97% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 6,469 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Alisson most popular?
The single biggest year for Alisson was 2024, when 550 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Alisson is about 12 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Alisson in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 4,481 people with the name Alisson, or 1.48 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #4,241 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Alisson in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Alisson?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Alisson leans strongly female. 4,350 people counted with this name were female (96.9%), compared with 139 male bearers (3.1%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Alisson?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Alisson is Hispanic at 87.5%. The next largest groups are White (9.8%) and Black (1.0%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Alisson most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Alisson in the 2020 Census, accounting for 87.5% (3,921 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Alisson in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Alisson a female name?
Yes, 99.9% of people registered as Alisson in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Alisson still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Alisson in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Alisson can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Alisson?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many people have the name Alisson at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.