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

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Peak · girls
#2,701
2006 · 66 births
Debut · girls
1915
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,078
since 1915

Alley over time

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Rank among girls' names. Alley has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202007peak #2,701, 2006girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#10,9178—
2024#8,94611—
2023#10,3129—
2022#9,05611—
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2020#6,08319—
2019#7,34215—
2018#6,79217—
2017#6,04420—
2016#5,44524—
2015#5,28825—
2014#4,54431—
2013#4,15635—
2012#3,91539—
2011#3,49645—
2010#3,88939—
2009#3,40948—
2008#3,93640—
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2006#2,70166—
2005#3,25747—
2004#2,74259—
2003#3,08548—
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2000#5,31221—
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1996#6,06415—
1995#3,96926—
1994#5,01619—
1993#5,20618—
1992#9,4918—
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1988#8,3918—
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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 2007

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,245 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 39,375 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,377 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,622 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Alley, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#1,377 · 1 in 9,622
  2. California#3,245 · 1 in 39,375

Best ever in a state: #644 in Tennessee, 2006.

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See more about Alley
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,971 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #10,917)
  • 4,834 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #10,917)
  • 5,629 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,795 (1915)#3,795
1920s0——
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1980s21#6,160 (1989)#7,276
1990s234#2,896 (1999)#5,072
2000s460#2,701 (2006)#3,454
2010s290#3,496 (2011)#5,091
2020s67#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.

Alley in 2007

girls
#3,214
53 births · 1 in 36,276 girls

Top girls' names in 2007

  1. #1Emily19,367
  2. #2Isabella19,143
  3. #3Emma18,390
  4. #4Ava18,053
  5. #5Madison17,968
  6. #6Sophia17,031
  7. #7Olivia16,589
  8. #8Abigail15,476
  9. #9Hannah13,323
  10. #10Elizabeth13,071
  11. #3,214Alley53
More about 2007

girls

1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 36,276 of them was named Alley, which outranked 84.4% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alley
  1. #3,168Tenley54
  2. #3,168Tova54
  3. #3,168Zuleika54
  4. #3,214Alley53
  5. #3,214Amyiah53
  6. #3,214Angelli53
  7. #3,214Anniston53
  8. #3,247Adamary52
  9. #3,247Amyia52
  10. #3,247Anjelica52

Tied with 32 names at #3,214; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. ↑ 16,568Jaslene#17,168 → #600
  2. ↑ 5,379Marely#6,125 → #746
  3. ↑ 2,556Audrina#3,264 → #708
  4. ↑ 2,506Jordin#3,090 → #584
  5. ↑ 1,358Azul#2,081 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 4,216Bethzy#881 → #5,097
  2. ↓ 346Akeelah#708 → #1,054
  3. ↓ 326Tayla#926 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 312Betsy#747 → #1,059
  5. ↓ 295Shakira#780 → #1,075

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2007 →