Ally

#2,117 for girls in 2025, 88 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
#417
1998 · 636 births
Debut · girls
1985
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,230
since 1985

Ally over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ally has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #417, 1998girls
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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#2,11788—
2024#1,870107#9,8947
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2022#1,612131—
2021#1,450148—
2020#1,373158—
2019#1,295177—
2018#1,255184—
2017#1,152215—
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2014#737381—
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2012#584499—
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2009#810349—
2008#767383—
2007#697419#12,3675
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1999#480540—
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1997#1,036184—
1996#1,84079#9,0155
1995#1,90073—
1994#2,20960—
1993#1,89874—
1992#2,19161—
1991#2,73843—
1990#2,10162—
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1988#2,64640—
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1986#3,36026—
1985#5,34813—
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First appearance
1985

The first year at least five girls were named Ally! It came in at #5,348, and was given to 13 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1985, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.

Where Ally is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedINOhio: #1,101 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,970 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedWVVirginia: #766 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,421 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedHITexas: #1,780 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 22,231 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Virginia#766 · 1 in 7,421
  2. Ohio#1,101 · 1 in 13,970
  3. Texas#1,780 · 1 in 22,231

Best ever in a state: #155 in North Dakota, 2004.

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Virginia#76651 in 7,421
Ohio#1,10151 in 13,970
Texas#1,78061 in 22,231
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See more about Ally
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 247 spots since 2024 (#1,870 → #2,117)
  • 744 spots since 2020 (#1,373 → #2,117)
  • 1,245 spots since 2015 (#872 → #2,117)
  • Biggest jump: 619 spots in 1998 (#1,036 → #417)
  • Biggest drop: 168 spots in 2017 (#984 → #1,152)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1985
  • Peaked 1998 at #417 (636 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1998–2016
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,778
  • Highest: 1 in 2,778 girls born in 1998 were named Ally (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,264 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 40.5% of all girls named Ally (4,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s178#2,194 (1989)#3,182
1990s1,812#417 (1998)#1,681
2000s4,144#582 (2002)#666
2010s3,347#584 (2012)#884
2020s749#1,373 (2020)#1,695

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.

Ally in 1989

girls
#2,194
55 births · 1 in 33,519 girls

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #2,194Ally55
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 33,519 of them was named Ally, which outranked 84.9% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ally
  1. #2,169Shawnna56
  2. #2,169Torri56
  3. #2,169Treasure56
  4. #2,194Ally55
  5. #2,194Abbigail55
  6. #2,194Ashtyn55
  7. #2,194Benjamin55
  8. #2,222Anamaria54
  9. #2,222Aysha54
  10. #2,222Cameo54

Tied with 27 names at #2,194; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →