Ale

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To repel, through Aleksanteri

Ale has been given to 23 babies in the U.S. since 2005. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2005, with 8 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.

Babies named Ale, 2023

1 in 663,000

Ale over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ale over time

In 2023, Ale went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

20052023

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ale: meaning, origin, and history

To repel, through Aleksanteri

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ale means

Ale belongs to the name family reached through Ale → Aleksanteri → Ἀλέξανδρος. Its meaning is “to repel”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ale is used in Finnish and Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Aleksanteri, Alejandro, Alejandra and Ἀλέξανδρος.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Ale is pronounced /ˈɑle/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 18 boys were recorded with the name Ale between 2005 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2005; its best national rank was #8,317 in 2005.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Ale between 2015 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2015; its best national rank was #16,533 in 2015.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ale?

Ale had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ale sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ale. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ales were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ale was born before 2018 — so the typical Ale is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 44.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 18; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 44.4% of all recorded uses (8).

Is Ale rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2005 (8)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #8,317; 2005

Ale around the world

Where Ale ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
2000–2000
#556
in 2000

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ale by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,317; 2005
Peak year: 2005; 8 that year
First recorded: 2005
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 18
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #16,533; 2015
Peak year: 2015; 5 that year
First recorded: 2015
Last recorded: 2015
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ale

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Alemi Aleo Alef Alez Alezz Alema Ales Aley Aleki Alee Aleq Alem Alexs Aleksej Alexan Alexon Aleph Alesio Bale Aleko Aleix Aleksi Alene Alekos

Sibling names for Ale

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jaci Yahaira Pilar Jamya Yajaira Riya Dayanara Makena

For a brother

Braulio Johnpaul Jamarion Kenyon Paulo Yair Kadin Lavon

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