Girls' name · since 1915
Alley
Alley has 1,078 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,007 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,078
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alley currently ranks #11007 among girls' names in America, with 1,078 babies recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Alley recorded 1,078 times among girls since 1915, holding rank #11007 nationally today, ahead of 36% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #7,129 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,007 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,078 born since 1915
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alley ranks #7,129 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,007 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,078 born since 1915, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,129 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,007 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,078
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alley's 1,078 recorded births place it above 90.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Alley compares
1,078 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alley's all-time total is 187% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,078 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 66 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alley's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 66, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 66
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Alley popularity over time - boys
42 total births recorded since 1914 (Alley as boys' name)
Alley by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (460 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Alley's strongest decade.
460 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Alley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
234 births
- 2000s
2000s
460 births
- 2010s
2010s
290 births
- 2020s 67
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 460 births (43% of all-time use).
How Alley compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alley's total volume
Alley by state
Where Alley concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 28 | 2.6% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 26 | 2.4% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 26 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 17 | 1.6% |
| #5 | California | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | South Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
28 of 1,078 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Alley's data
- Alley's decade-level peak was the 2000s (460 total births); usage has since declined to 67 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Alleys (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.