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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #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—
2002#582444—
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 2014

  • 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: #962 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,233 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: #859 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,937 girlsMNIllinois: #1,264 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,424 girlsILWisconsin: #648 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,299 girlsWIMichigan: #756 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,217 girlsMINew York: #901 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,136 girlsNYMassachusetts: #824 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,078 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedRIOregon: #698 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,094 girlsORNevada: 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: #1,027 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,108 girlsINOhio: #612 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,309 girlsOHPennsylvania: #512 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,661 girlsPANew Jersey: #645 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,373 girlsNJConnecticut: #332 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,344 girlsCTCalifornia: #907 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 5,517 girlsCAUtah: #646 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,019 girlsUTColorado: #924 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,648 girlsCONebraska: #432 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,601 girlsNEMissouri: #590 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,012 girlsMOKentucky: #295 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,232 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,164 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,463 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedDEArizona: #654 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,170 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedKSArkansas: #414 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,658 girlsARTennessee: #750 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,889 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #495 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,375 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #737 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,652 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #570 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,409 girlsOKLouisiana: #445 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,900 girlsLAMississippi: #393 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,610 girlsMSAlabama: #443 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,934 girlsALGeorgia: #762 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,017 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedHITexas: #737 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 4,068 girlsTXFlorida: #931 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,582 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#295 · 1 in 1,232
  2. Connecticut#332 · 1 in 1,344
  3. Mississippi#393 · 1 in 1,610
  4. Arkansas#414 · 1 in 1,658
  5. Nebraska#432 · 1 in 1,601

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#295151 in 1,232
Connecticut#33291 in 1,344
Mississippi#39371 in 1,610
Arkansas#41471 in 1,658
Nebraska#43251 in 1,601
Alabama#443101 in 1,934
Louisiana#445111 in 1,900
North Carolina#495191 in 2,375
Pennsylvania#512201 in 2,661
Oklahoma#57071 in 2,409
Missouri#59091 in 3,012
Ohio#612161 in 3,309
New Jersey#645111 in 3,373
Utah#64661 in 3,019
Wisconsin#64871 in 3,299
Arizona#654101 in 3,170
Oregon#69851 in 3,094
South Carolina#73751 in 3,652
Texas#737411 in 4,068
Tennessee#75081 in 3,889
Michigan#756101 in 4,217
Georgia#762121 in 4,017
Massachusetts#82451 in 5,078
Minnesota#85951 in 4,937
New York#901181 in 5,136
California#907381 in 5,517
Colorado#92451 in 4,648
Florida#931151 in 5,582
Washington#96261 in 5,233
Indiana#1,02751 in 6,108
Virginia#1,16451 in 7,463
Illinois#1,26471 in 8,424
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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 2014

girls
#737
381 births · 1 in 4,689 girls

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #737Ally381
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 4,689 of them was named Ally, which outranked 96.2% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ally
  1. #729Noemi384
  2. #735Martha383
  3. #736Corinne382
  4. #737Ally381
  5. #738Patricia380
  6. #739Leona379
  7. #740Lisa378
Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →