Ally

Girl name

Ally has been given to 10,247 babies in the U.S. since 1985. It peaked in 1998.

Meaning & origin /ˈæliː/

Diminutives +&lrm; -y.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

10,247

Peak year

1998 (636 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1985

10-year trend

▼ -72%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Ally.

10,305 babies since 1964

10,312 babies since 1995

10,316 babies since 1918

10,167 babies since 1914

10,104 babies since 1884

10,088 babies since 1953

10,551 babies since 1966

9,939 babies since 1951

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