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Ally

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Ally is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 106 births. Its best rank was 417th, in 1998.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1060.01% of girls
Peak year
1998636 births
Best rank
#417in 1998
Since 1985
10,141people given the name
Babies named Ally, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

10,141 girls have been named Ally in the United States since 1985, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 636 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 41%. It has spent 19 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Ally
1980s178
1990s1,813
2000s4,144
2010s3,346
2020s660

In 1998, its biggest year

Ally was the 417th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.

Names that rose and fell with Ally

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.