NameTides

Ally

Ally was the #2,117 girls' name in the US in 2025 (88 babies), and #1,768 in Canada.

Ally as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ally as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUS
Ally as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#2,117 (88)———#483 (7)#1,768 (13)
2024#1,870 (107)#2,772 (9)——#342 (11)#1,348 (18)
2023#1,750 (117)#4,057 (5)#749 (3)—#404 (9)#1,254 (19)
2022#1,612 (131)#3,971 (5)——#389 (10)#927 (28)
2021#1,450 (148)#4,634 (4)#792 (3)—#336 (12)#997 (27)
2020#1,373 (158)#3,447 (6)#471 (6)—#315 (13)#851 (32)
2019#1,295 (177)#2,170 (12)#765 (3)—#347 (12)#663 (45)
2018#1,255 (184)#3,178 (7)——#629 (5)#983 (27)
2017#1,152 (215)———#430 (9)#949 (28)
2016#984 (272)#3,214 (7)——#302 (15)#949 (28)
2015#872 (319)#3,615 (6)#806 (3)—#316 (15)#655 (45)
2014#737 (381)#5,691 (3)——#304 (16)#593 (52)
2013#605 (463)#3,536 (6)——#374 (12)#488 (63)
2012#584 (499)#2,969 (8)#467 (7)—#398 (12)#475 (64)
2011#674 (419)#3,549 (6)#579 (5)—#550 (7)#507 (61)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #417.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1985.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ally is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 21,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ally by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Ally (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5917

Ally (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AllyCanadaGirls#1,76813
AllyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AllyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AllyIrelandGirls#4837
AllyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AllyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AllyScotlandGirls—too few
AllyScotlandBoys#4008
AllyUSGirls#2,11788
AllyUSBoys—too few