first name
ALLY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 13,525 people named Ally, 75.8% reported their origin as White, 11.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ally peaked in 1998, when 636 babies got the name.
At least 10,247 babies have been given the name since 1985. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ally by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,229. The largest share of babies named Ally, 66.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ally is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ally has been most common in Utah (2.3×), Tennessee (1.9×), and Alabama (1.8×), and least common in Maryland (0.5×).
8,431 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ally
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ally, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ally ranks #15,010 of 156,621, with 1,890 people. See Ally as a last name
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