Aly

#3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to girls 67.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
#2,412
2016 · 77 births
Debut · girls
1977
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,483
since 1977

Aly over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #2,412, 2016peak #2,993, 2000girlsboys
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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#3,71240#6,14314
2024#3,89238#4,57122
2023#3,83339#5,92715
2022#2,89458#4,30324
2021#3,15751#5,11018
2020#3,17949#6,62012
2019#2,72962#4,63921
2018#3,00454#4,91819
2017#2,77961#4,93519
2016#2,41277#4,32723
2015#2,55570#4,40722
2014#2,96957#4,86619
2013#2,83760#7,02611
2012#2,67966#4,53321
2011#2,90959#4,98318
2010#3,01056#5,74115
2009#3,29850#5,33417
2008#2,51175#4,90119
2007#3,09656#5,43416
2006#2,63168#5,07217
2005#2,86557#4,19821
2004#4,38731#4,79317
2003#4,94325#3,97621
2002#7,81613#3,55424
2001#6,61916#3,51224
2000#5,15122#2,99329
1999#5,21920#4,53715
1998#5,79917#3,39022
1997#6,48314#5,28811
1996#10,5677#5,18711
1995#5,67716#4,28014
1994#7,60411#4,29014
1993#7,03812#5,36010
1992#8,06510#4,87211
1991#8,5889#5,5219
1990#10,1937#4,16713
1989#7,44910#5,6158
1988#8,3918#4,7869
1987#7,3539#4,9688
1986#8,5237#4,8538
1985—#5,7856
1984—#6,3155
1983—#4,4998
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Aly! It came in at #8,444, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1978–1985, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Aly
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 180 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #3,712)
  • 533 spots since 2020 (#3,179 → #3,712)
  • 1,157 spots since 2015 (#2,555 → #3,712)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 2016 at #2,412 (77 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,013
  • Highest: 1 in 23,013 girls born in 2016 were named Aly (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 40,182 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 41.9% of all girls named Aly (622) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
  • Mostly boys until 2002, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s11#8,444 (1977)#9,097
1980s39#7,353 (1987)#8,425
1990s123#5,219 (1999)#7,523
2000s413#2,511 (2008)#4,332
2010s622#2,412 (2016)#2,788
2020s275#2,894 (2022)#3,445

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.

Aly in 1998

girls
#5,799
17 births · 1 in 103,938 girls
boys
#3,390
22 births · 1 in 86,880 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #5,799Aly17

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #3,390Aly22
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 103,938 of them was named Aly, which outranked 65.1% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aly
  1. #5,583Yuki18
  2. #5,583Zoria18
  3. #5,583Zully18
  4. #5,799Aly17
  5. #5,799Aalyiah17
  6. #5,799Abbegail17
  7. #5,799Abilene17
  8. #6,073Aaliah16
  9. #6,073Abbygale16
  10. #6,073Abeer16

Tied with 273 names at #5,799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 86,880 of them was named Aly, which outranked 70.0% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aly
  1. #3,296Ward23
  2. #3,296Zacharey23
  3. #3,296Zayd23
  4. #3,390Aly22
  5. #3,390Abdirahman22
  6. #3,390Abigail22
  7. #3,390Aeron22
  8. #3,486Adrean21
  9. #3,486Adrion21
  10. #3,486Ahmaad21

Tied with 95 names at #3,390; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →