How rare is the name Aly?

3,854 people in the United States have the first name Aly, about 1 in 78,368. It ranks #4,714 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ALY

#4,714

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,854
About
1 in 78,368
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,854 people named Aly, 53.6% reported their origin as White, 23.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.8% as Black. 66.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aly peaked in 2016, when 100 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19512025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
100
In 2025*
54 ▼46%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 2,197 babies have been given the name since 1951. 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.

Aly by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #4,070. The largest share of babies named Aly, 43.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#12,55611
1960s#17,2535
1970s#14,94029
1980s#10,63291
1990s#6,837253
2000s#4,652618
2010s#4,070810
2020s#4,770380
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–801.3%
Millennials 1981–9611.2%
Generation Z 1997–1243.3%
2013 and later43.5%

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.

Exactly as common as Aly

1 other first name also has 3,854 people.

#4,714 Adison · 3,854

Either side of Aly

#4,713 Marshal · 3,855#4,714 Adison · 3,854#4,716 Uyen · 3,853#4,717 Madelin · 3,852

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aly, most common first.

#735 Ali · 69,302#1,614 Al · 19,745#2,025 Ally · 13,525#7,462 Ala · 2,046#9,249 Alya · 1,517#11,304 Ale · 1,143#26,708 All · 347#27,069 Aley · 340

Also a last name

As a last name, Aly ranks #12,185 of 156,621, with 2,440 people. See Aly as a last name

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