Aly

Where Aly comes from

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  • Arabic
  • Vowel-ended
Aly through the years
  1. 1977
    First appearance
    #8,444 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2016
    Peak, #2,412
    77 babies named Aly, the most in any year.
  4. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,892.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Alison, Alyssa, or Alexandra.
  • A male given name from Arabic, a variant spelling of the Muslim Ali.
Namesakes

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