Alley
#6,523 most common girls' name of all time · #11,000 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1914–2025
Rank among girls
#6,523
Rank overall
#11,000 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
46 of 146
All-time
1,120
Since 2016
143
Peak year
2006 #2,710
Best rank
#2,710 2006
Girls
Boys
peak 66/yr
Alley first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,032 |
| 2024 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,019 |
| 2023 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,404 |
| 2022 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,117 |
| 2021 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,369 |
| 2020 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,116 |
| 2019 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,383 |
| 2018 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,826 |
| 2017 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,068 |
| 2016 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,474 |
| 2015 | 25 | — | 25 | #5,322 |
| 2014 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,569 |
| 2013 | 35 | — | 35 | #4,171 |
| 2012 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,924 |
| 2011 | 45 | — | 45 | #3,503 |
| 2010 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,900 |
| 2009 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,420 |
| 2008 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,946 |
| 2007 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,221 |
| 2006 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,710 |
| 2005 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,271 |
| 2004 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,748 |
| 2003 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,096 |
| 2002 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,408 |
| 2001 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,497 |
| 2000 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,336 |
| 1999 | 46 | — | 46 | #2,901 |
| 1998 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,938 |
| 1997 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,535 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,114 |
| 1995 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,993 |
| 1994 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,055 |
| 1993 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,241 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,608 |
| 1991 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,000 |
| 1990 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,728 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,211 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,502 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1923 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1917 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1915 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,128 |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | — |