# Alys (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alys/  
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 | 1,359 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,359 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,896, 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 | 17 | 7,137 |
| 2012 | 18 | 6,890 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,073 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,668 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,292 |
| 2016 | 7 | 12,978 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,823 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,785 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,535 |
| 2020 | 11 | 8,985 |
| 2021 | 20 | 5,967 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,656 |
| 2023 | 29 | 4,664 |
| 2024 | 25 | 5,161 |
| 2025 | 27 | 4,885 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 594 |
| 2012 | 62 | 663 |
| 2013 | 100 | 426 |
| 2014 | 84 | 503 |
| 2015 | 72 | 585 |
| 2016 | 98 | 447 |
| 2017 | 80 | 541 |
| 2018 | 86 | 497 |
| 2019 | 87 | 475 |
| 2020 | 83 | 486 |
| 2021 | 97 | 449 |
| 2022 | 69 | 562 |
| 2023 | 74 | 528 |
| 2024 | 64 | 610 |
| 2025 | 81 | 490 |

## People named Alys

- Alice Ross-King, Australian military nurse (1887–1968)

## 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.