girls:
1.1k births since 1915
#4657 (19th percentile)
boys:
42 births since 1914
#4544 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1914
#6638 (14th percentile)
The name Alley is the #6,638 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,101 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 14.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,657 (18.5% percentile) for all time with 1,059 births since 1915. For boys, it ranks #4,544 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 42 births since 1914.
Alley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1915 for girls). Birth data for Alley is available in 44 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (37 years for girls and 7 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Alley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.2% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1988, the name was more popular for boys (87.5% boys from 1914 to 1987), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1988 to 2023).
For girls, Alley reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #905) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 32 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Alley ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 16.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Alley reached its peak popularity in 1914, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #454) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 10 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1930.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alley".
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