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
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 636 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,230since 1985
Ally over time
Rank among girls' names. Ally has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,117 | 88 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,870 | 107 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #1,750 | 117 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,612 | 131 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,450 | 148 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,373 | 158 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,295 | 177 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,255 | 184 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,152 | 215 | — | |
| 2016 | #984 | 272 | — | |
| 2015 | #872 | 319 | — | |
| 2014 | #737 | 381 | — | |
| 2013 | #605 | 463 | — | |
| 2012 | #584 | 499 | — | |
| 2011 | #674 | 419 | — | |
| 2010 | #686 | 418 | — | |
| 2009 | #810 | 349 | — | |
| 2008 | #767 | 383 | — | |
| 2007 | #697 | 419 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #630 | 456 | — | |
| 2005 | #652 | 425 | — | |
| 2004 | #594 | 473 | — | |
| 2003 | #670 | 394 | — | |
| 2002 | #582 | 444 | — | |
| 2001 | #657 | 383 | — | |
| 2000 | #605 | 418 | — | |
| 1999 | #480 | 540 | — | |
| 1998 | #417 | 636 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,036 | 184 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #1,900 | 73 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,209 | 60 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,898 | 74 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,738 | 43 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,101 | 62 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,194 | 55 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,646 | 40 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,360 | 44 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,360 | 26 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | — | |
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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 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#1,378 · 1 in 9,076
- Pennsylvania#1,385 · 1 in 9,267
- California#2,037 · 1 in 16,566
- Florida#2,120 · 1 in 17,261
Best ever in a state: #155 in North Dakota, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #1,378 | 18 | 1 in 9,076 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,385 | 5 | 1 in 9,267 |
| California | #2,037 | 10 | 1 in 16,566 |
| Florida | #2,120 | 5 | 1 in 17,261 |
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See more about Ally
- 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)
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 1998 at #417 (636 births)
- Births halved by 2016, 18 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1998–2016
- 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%)
- 40.5% of all girls named Ally (4,144) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 178 | #2,194 (1989) | #3,182 |
| 1990s | 1,812 | #417 (1998) | #1,681 |
| 2000s | 4,144 | #582 (2002) | #666 |
| 2010s | 3,347 | #584 (2012) | #884 |
| 2020s | 749 | #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 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 15,142 of them was named Ally, which outranked 89.5% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,852Sury108
- #1,852Verity108
- #1,852Zeynep108
- #1,870Ally107
- #1,870Aashvi107
- #1,870Akari107
- #1,870Blythe107
- #1,884Blanca106
- #1,884Iyanna106
- #1,884Maizy106
Tied with 13 names at #1,870; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 246,127 of them was named Ally, which outranked 30.8% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,987Zyn8
- #8,987Zyonn8
- #8,987Zyran8
- #9,894Ally7
- #9,894Aadhi7
- #9,894Aadhyan7
- #9,894Aamari7
- #10,938Aaden6
- #10,938Aadyant6
- #10,938Aahaan6
Tied with 1,043 names at #9,894; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.