Alley

Where Alley comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Alley.

  • Vowel-ended
Alley through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,795 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2006
    Peak, #2,701
    66 babies named Alley, the most in any year.
  4. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,544.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

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