Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alys

#5,763 most common girls' name of all time · #9,746 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#5,763
Rank overall
#9,746 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
1,359
Since 2016
173
Peak year
1920 #1,512
Best rank
#840 1880
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Alys is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 27 — 27 #4,879
2024 25 — 25 #5,152
2023 29 — 29 #4,659
2022 14 — 14 #7,635
2021 20 — 20 #5,960
2020 11 — 11 #8,962
2019 9 — 9 #10,485
2018 14 — 14 #7,768
2017 17 — 17 #6,815
2016 7 — 7 #12,892
2015 16 — 16 #7,268
2014 15 — 15 #7,646
2013 9 — 9 #11,019
2012 18 — 18 #6,876
2011 17 — 17 #7,124
2010 11 — 11 #9,799
2009 9 — 9 #11,469
2008 9 — 9 #11,611
2007 9 — 9 #11,639
2006 7 — 7 #13,626
2005 14 — 14 #7,904
2004 10 — 10 #9,901
2002 10 — 10 #9,489
2001 6 — 6 #13,533
2000 10 — 10 #9,174
1998 5 — 5 #14,142
1997 5 — 5 #13,741
1996 8 — 8 #9,587
1995 5 — 5 #13,408
1994 11 — 11 #7,612
1993 9 — 9 #8,730
1991 13 — 13 #6,592
1990 6 — 6 #11,421
1989 17 — 17 #5,056
1988 17 — 17 #4,850
1987 9 — 9 #7,364
1986 9 — 9 #7,150
1985 8 — 8 #7,578
1984 8 — 8 #7,408
1983 9 — 9 #6,719
1980 5 — 5 #10,420
1979 8 — 8 #7,336
1976 9 — 9 #6,062
1975 12 — 12 #4,863
1974 5 — 5 #8,788
1973 7 — 7 #6,681
1972 7 — 7 #6,573
1971 6 — 6 #7,402
1970 11 — 11 #4,773
1969 7 — 7 #5,996
1968 5 — 5 #7,043
1967 8 — 8 #4,996
1966 9 — 9 #4,504
1965 9 — 9 #4,507
1964 7 — 7 #5,485
1963 6 — 6 #5,914
1962 6 — 6 #5,876
1961 7 — 7 #5,323
1960 6 — 6 #5,709
1959 7 — 7 #5,045
1958 10 — 10 #3,933
1957 6 — 6 #5,393
1956 14 — 14 #3,192
1955 5 — 5 #5,842
1954 11 — 11 #3,500
1953 8 — 8 #4,242
1952 9 — 9 #3,805
1951 13 — 13 #2,945
1950 7 — 7 #4,325
1949 10 — 10 #3,403
1948 6 — 6 #4,664
1947 7 — 7 #4,354
1946 9 — 9 #3,435
1945 5 — 5 #4,564
1944 15 — 15 #2,295
1942 12 — 12 #2,675
1941 7 — 7 #3,570
1940 12 — 12 #2,435
1939 10 — 10 #2,750
1938 12 — 12 #2,451
1937 9 — 9 #2,949
1936 9 — 9 #2,869
1934 11 — 11 #2,573
1933 11 — 11 #2,553
1932 13 — 13 #2,376
1931 10 — 10 #2,767
1930 13 — 13 #2,435
1929 14 — 14 #2,311
1928 11 — 11 #2,780
1927 21 — 21 #1,890
1926 19 — 19 #2,002
1925 13 — 13 #2,625
1924 25 — 25 #1,726
1923 26 — 26 #1,640
1922 17 — 17 #2,194
1921 24 — 24 #1,773
1920 29 — 29 #1,512
1919 12 — 12 #2,644
1918 26 — 26 #1,568
1917 24 — 24 #1,559
1916 17 — 17 #1,955
1915 19 — 19 #1,743
1914 18 — 18 #1,551
1913 17 — 17 #1,414
1912 12 — 12 #1,629
1911 6 — 6 #2,202
1910 19 — 19 #1,004
1909 6 — 6 #1,967
1908 16 — 16 #1,010
1907 6 — 6 #1,835
1906 11 — 11 #1,169
1903 7 — 7 #1,456
1902 7 — 7 #1,451
1900 7 — 7 #1,572
1898 6 — 6 #1,517
1897 5 — 5 #1,564
1894 8 — 8 #1,149
1890 7 — 7 #1,112
1888 6 — 6 #1,154
1880 5 — 5 #840