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
1998 · 636 births
Debut · girls
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,11788—
2024#1,870107#9,8947
2023#1,750117—
2022#1,612131—
2021#1,450148—
2020#1,373158—
2019#1,295177—
2018#1,255184—
2017#1,152215—
2016#984272—
2015#872319—
2014#737381—
2013#605463—
2012#584499—
2011#674419—
2010#686418—
2009#810349—
2008#767383—
2007#697419#12,3675
2006#630456—
2005#652425—
2004#594473—
2003#670394—
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2001#657383—
2000#605418—
1999#480540—
1998#417636—
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—
1989#2,19455—
1988#2,64640—
1987#2,36044—
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 2006

  • 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: #494 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,356 girlsWAIdaho: #376 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,403 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #367 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,791 girlsMNIllinois: #1,123 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,572 girlsILWisconsin: #396 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,937 girlsWIMichigan: #581 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,371 girlsMINew York: #1,170 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,044 girlsNYMassachusetts: #586 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,553 girlsMARhode 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: #288 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,280 girlsIAIndiana: #566 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,008 girlsINOhio: #682 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,408 girlsOHPennsylvania: #555 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,255 girlsPANew Jersey: #809 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,088 girlsNJConnecticut: #512 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,750 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,169 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 8,695 girlsCAUtah: #465 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,096 girlsUTColorado: #901 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,065 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNEMissouri: #443 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,284 girlsMOKentucky: #536 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,900 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedWVVirginia: #997 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,311 girlsVAMaryland: #563 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,794 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedDEArizona: #684 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,481 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedKSArkansas: #287 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,135 girlsARTennessee: #494 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,445 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #591 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,140 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #473 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,106 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #315 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,346 girlsOKLouisiana: #438 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,000 girlsLAMississippi: #326 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,251 girlsMSAlabama: #338 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,456 girlsALGeorgia: #549 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,833 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedHITexas: #730 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 4,373 girlsTXFlorida: #720 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 4,244 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#287 · 1 in 1,135
  2. Iowa#288 · 1 in 1,280
  3. Oklahoma#315 · 1 in 1,346
  4. Mississippi#326 · 1 in 1,251
  5. Alabama#338 · 1 in 1,456

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#287111 in 1,135
Iowa#288111 in 1,280
Oklahoma#315131 in 1,346
Mississippi#326101 in 1,251
Alabama#338141 in 1,456
Minnesota#367151 in 1,791
Idaho#37651 in 1,403
Wisconsin#396131 in 1,937
Louisiana#438101 in 2,000
Missouri#443131 in 2,284
Utah#46591 in 2,096
South Carolina#47391 in 2,106
Tennessee#494131 in 2,445
Washington#494131 in 2,356
Connecticut#51251 in 2,750
Kentucky#53671 in 2,900
Georgia#549191 in 2,833
Pennsylvania#555171 in 3,255
Maryland#56391 in 2,794
Indiana#566111 in 3,008
Michigan#581141 in 3,371
Massachusetts#58681 in 3,553
North Carolina#591151 in 3,140
Ohio#682131 in 4,408
Arizona#684111 in 3,481
Florida#720211 in 4,244
Texas#730381 in 4,373
New Jersey#80981 in 5,088
Colorado#90151 in 5,065
Virginia#99761 in 6,311
Illinois#1,12391 in 7,572
California#1,169271 in 8,695
New York#1,170121 in 8,044
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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 2006

girls
#630
456 births · 1 in 4,169 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #630Ally456
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 4,169 of them was named Ally, which outranked 96.9% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ally
  1. #627Jaylin459
  2. #628Dominique458
  3. #628Gwendolyn458
  4. #630Ally456
  5. #631Siena455
  6. #631Yareli455
  7. #633Gia454
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →