Aly — #3912 US unisex name
1,442 babies named Aly in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Aly was born in this single decade.
76 babies were named Aly in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aly
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,442 babies named Aly between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aly currently holds the #3912 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 76 babies received it in a single year. Aly is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 700 additional births since 1951.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aly performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 621 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Aly shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 177 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Aly in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aly in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,442 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aly at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aly popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (2016)
- 76
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #3912 among girls.
1,442 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 76 births in a single year.
Aly popularity over time — boys
700 total births recorded since 1951 (Aly as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Aly accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Aly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 621 births that decade — 43% of Aly's all-time total
Aly decade highlights
- Peak decade 621 births
- Runner-up 413 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aly's strongest decade
621 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Aly by state
Where Aly concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 177 | 12.3% |
| #2 | California | | 154 | 10.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 37 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Utah | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.3% |
177 of 1,442 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.3% of nationwide
- California 10.7% of nationwide
- Florida 2.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Aly appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.