Alley
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Last seen for boys in 1930 at #4,001
- Given to girls 96.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2006 · 66 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,078since 1915
Alley over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Alley has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 6 girls in 1915 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,544 | 31 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,156 | 35 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,915 | 39 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,496 | 45 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,409 | 48 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,214 | 53 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,701 | 66 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,257 | 47 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,742 | 59 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,085 | 48 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,394 | 40 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,486 | 38 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,896 | 46 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,929 | 44 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | — | |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,969 | 26 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,206 | 18 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
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| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
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| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Alley! It came in at #3,795, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1987, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Alley is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Alley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Alley
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 4,834 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
91 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2006 at #2,701 (66 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 28,806
- Highest: 1 in 28,806 girls born in 2006 were named Alley (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 42.7% of all girls named Alley (460) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,795 (1915) | #3,795 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 21 | #6,160 (1989) | #7,276 |
| 1990s | 234 | #2,896 (1999) | #5,072 |
| 2000s | 460 | #2,701 (2006) | #3,454 |
| 2010s | 290 | #3,496 (2011) | #5,091 |
| 2020s | 67 | #6,083 (2020) | #9,268 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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