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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Aly

Aly was the 3716th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 2414th with 77 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,159 places. More babies were named Aly in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,716 girls, down 535 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
40girls
Girls and boys
71% girls, 29% boys2021–2025
Peak year
201677 babies
Total since 1880
2,197babies recorded

Aly popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#3,716#6,1624014
2020#3,181#6,6414912
2010#3,011#5,7505615
2000#5,158#2,9962229
1990#10,241#4,177713
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How popular is Aly, counting every spelling?

Aly is the most common spelling of a name family that had 92 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 92 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Aly40#3,716226
Ailee27#4,883208
Ailey25#5,104114

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Aly?

40 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Aly (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Aly born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 210 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Aly.

Chance of another Aly in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inFloridaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Aly?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Aly are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 8 and 20. That makes Aly mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Aly by state

How common Aly was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (1.6×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Aly, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Aly: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Aly, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Aly

How popular is the name Aly?

Aly was the 3716th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 40 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 2414th with 77 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,159 places. More babies were named Aly in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Aly a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 71% girls, 29% boys given the name Aly in the US.

Where is Aly most popular?

In 2021–2025, Aly was most common in Texas (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Florida.