# Ally (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ally/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,247 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17 / 10,230 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 320, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 419 | 674 |
| 2012 | 499 | 584 |
| 2013 | 463 | 606 |
| 2014 | 381 | 737 |
| 2015 | 319 | 872 |
| 2016 | 272 | 984 |
| 2017 | 215 | 1,152 |
| 2018 | 184 | 1,255 |
| 2019 | 177 | 1,295 |
| 2020 | 158 | 1,373 |
| 2021 | 148 | 1,450 |
| 2022 | 131 | 1,613 |
| 2023 | 117 | 1,750 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,872 |
| 2025 | 88 | 2,118 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 9,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,445 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9,950 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 2,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | 1,850 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1,595 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,208 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,087 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |

## People named Ally

- Ally Sheedy, American actress
- Ally Walker, American actress
- Ally Maki, American actress
- Ally Condie, American novelist
- Ally Sentnor, American soccer player
- Ally Ioannides, American actor, model dancer and writer
- Ally Carter, American writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.