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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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 2010

  • 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: #930 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,054 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #382 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,733 girlsMNIllinois: #884 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,068 girlsILWisconsin: #456 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,134 girlsWIMichigan: #459 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,311 girlsMINew York: #1,119 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,157 girlsNYMassachusetts: #737 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,261 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: #389 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,609 girlsIAIndiana: #592 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,032 girlsINOhio: #550 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,045 girlsOHPennsylvania: #985 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,614 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #766 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 4,489 girlsCAUtah: #453 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,018 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNEMissouri: #815 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,558 girlsMOKentucky: #370 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,669 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedWVVirginia: #892 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,093 girlsVAMaryland: #880 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,867 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedDEArizona: #959 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,263 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNMKansas: #465 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,910 girlsKSArkansas: #553 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,269 girlsARTennessee: #587 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,934 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #564 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,809 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #561 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,416 girlsOKLouisiana: #340 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,406 girlsLAMississippi: #356 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,374 girlsMSAlabama: #375 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,576 girlsALGeorgia: #559 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,665 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedHITexas: #633 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 3,396 girlsTXFlorida: #900 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,306 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#340 · 1 in 1,406
  2. Mississippi#356 · 1 in 1,374
  3. Kentucky#370 · 1 in 1,669
  4. Alabama#375 · 1 in 1,576
  5. Minnesota#382 · 1 in 1,733

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#340141 in 1,406
Mississippi#35681 in 1,374
Kentucky#370111 in 1,669
Alabama#375121 in 1,576
Minnesota#382141 in 1,733
Iowa#38981 in 1,609
Utah#45391 in 2,018
Wisconsin#456111 in 2,134
Michigan#459181 in 2,311
Kansas#46571 in 1,910
Ohio#550171 in 3,045
Arkansas#55351 in 2,269
Georgia#559181 in 2,665
Oklahoma#56171 in 2,416
North Carolina#564161 in 2,809
Tennessee#587101 in 2,934
Indiana#592101 in 3,032
Texas#633471 in 3,396
Massachusetts#73761 in 4,261
California#766471 in 4,489
Missouri#81561 in 4,558
Maryland#88051 in 4,867
Illinois#884121 in 5,068
Virginia#89271 in 5,093
Florida#900151 in 5,306
Washington#93061 in 5,054
Arizona#95961 in 5,263
Pennsylvania#98581 in 6,614
New York#1,119131 in 7,157
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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 2010

girls
#686
418 births · 1 in 4,253 girls

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #686Ally418
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 4,253 of them was named Ally, which outranked 96.5% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ally
  1. #683Jessie420
  2. #683Keyla420
  3. #685Shannon419
  4. #686Ally418
  5. #687Aisha417
  6. #687Catalina417
  7. #689Jordynn415
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →