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Aly

#3,715 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Diminutive of Alison or Alyssa or Alexandra

Aly has been given to 2,197 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #3,715 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 77 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% girls, 32% boys all-time.

Babies named Aly, 2025

1 in 82,900

Aly over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Aly over time

In 2025, Aly went to 74% girls and 26% boys.

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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.

Aly: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Alison or Alyssa or Alexandra

Arabic

What Aly means

Aly is a diminutive of Alison or Alyssa or Alexandra.

Origin, language, and formation

Aly is used in English. Its origins include Arabic.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Alison, Alyssa, Alexandra and Muslim Ali.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,483 girls were recorded with the name Aly between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 77 in 2016; its best national rank was #2,414 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,181 in 2020 to #3,715 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,557 in 2015 to #3,715 in 2025.

In the United States, 714 boys were recorded with the name Aly between 1951 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 29 in 2000; its best national rank was #2,990 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,637 in 2020 to #6,159 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,409 in 2015 to #6,159 in 2025.

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 Aly?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 82,900
40 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 40,200
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,715
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
57,449 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aly sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 57,449 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aly. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aly was born before 2012 — so the typical Aly is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
86.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,483
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.9% of all recorded uses (622).

Is Aly 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
+181
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−534
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,158
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.57×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
51.9%
Peak was 2016 (77)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,414
2016

Where Aly is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Aly was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 141,270 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Arizona1 in —
  5. 5Georgia1 in —
  6. 6Illinois1 in —
  7. 7Indiana1 in —
  8. 8Michigan1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Aly has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Aly is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Aly was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 400,182 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Aly has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Aly around the world

Where Aly 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.

  • Ireland
    2017–2017
    #873
    in 2017
  • France
    2012–2024
    #4,161
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #1,709
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1977–1977
    #637
    in 1977

Popularity data from Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Aly by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,715
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 534
Best rank ever
#2,414
2016
Peak year
2016
77 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,483
Count in 2025
40

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,159
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 478
Best rank ever
#2,990
2000
Peak year
2000
29 that year
First recorded
1951
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
714
Count in 2025
14

Names similar to Aly

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

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Sibling names for Aly

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

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