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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #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—
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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 2015

  • 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: #931 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,224 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: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedMNIllinois: #984 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,853 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,004 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,027 girlsMINew York: #1,015 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,088 girlsNYMassachusetts: #669 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,611 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: #592 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,580 girlsIAIndiana: #618 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,063 girlsINOhio: #969 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,864 girlsOHPennsylvania: #941 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,866 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,183 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,432 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #903 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 5,550 girlsCAUtah: 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: #741 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,885 girlsMOKentucky: #462 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,063 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedWVVirginia: #948 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,354 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: #615 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,605 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedARTennessee: #616 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,116 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #567 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,838 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #471 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,870 girlsOKLouisiana: #485 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,129 girlsLAMississippi: #562 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,246 girlsMSAlabama: #548 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,459 girlsALGeorgia: #814 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,427 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ally, so not publishedHITexas: #741 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 4,040 girlsTXFlorida: #1,257 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 8,597 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#462 · 1 in 2,063
  2. Oklahoma#471 · 1 in 1,870
  3. Louisiana#485 · 1 in 2,129
  4. Alabama#548 · 1 in 2,459
  5. Mississippi#562 · 1 in 2,246

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#46291 in 2,063
Oklahoma#47191 in 1,870
Louisiana#485101 in 2,129
Alabama#54881 in 2,459
Mississippi#56251 in 2,246
North Carolina#567161 in 2,838
Iowa#59251 in 2,580
Kansas#61551 in 2,605
Tennessee#616101 in 3,116
Indiana#618101 in 3,063
Massachusetts#66971 in 3,611
Missouri#74171 in 3,885
Texas#741421 in 4,040
Georgia#814111 in 4,427
California#903371 in 5,550
Washington#93161 in 5,224
Pennsylvania#94191 in 5,866
Virginia#94871 in 5,354
Ohio#96991 in 5,864
Illinois#984101 in 5,853
Michigan#1,00471 in 6,027
New York#1,015151 in 6,088
New Jersey#1,18351 in 7,432
Florida#1,257101 in 8,597
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 2015

girls
#872
319 births · 1 in 5,596 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #872Ally319
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 5,596 of them was named Ally, which outranked 95.4% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ally
  1. #869Evalyn321
  2. #869Joslyn321
  3. #871Bryleigh320
  4. #872Ally319
  5. #872Sariah319
  6. #872Zaria319
  7. #875Carla318
  8. #875Rylan318
  9. #877Estella317

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →