Alys — #5137 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Alys

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,332 babies named Alys between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alys currently holds the #5137 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alys performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 199 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Alys shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Alys in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alys 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 1,332 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.