girls:
10k births since 1985
#1592 (72nd percentile)
boys:
10 births since 1996
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
10k births since 1985
#2665 (66th percentile)
The name Ally is the #2,665 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,040 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 65.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,592 (72.2% percentile) for all time with 10,030 births since 1985. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1996.
Ally first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for girls and 1996 for boys).
The name Ally has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Ally reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 55.1% percentile (ranked #393) with 328 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 328 births per million (ranked 55.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ally ranks #835 for girls (11.8% percentile) with 67 births per million, which is 20.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Ally reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #778) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ally".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ally", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 13 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Allie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Allie..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ally. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.8% confident that Ally is pronounced as A-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-LAI, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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