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Alley Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Alley?

In 2018 the rare name Alley, ranked the 6,746th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Uncommon, Alley would be a striking name choice.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #2,703 in 2006 with 66 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Alley was less than 5, most recently in 1987.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Alley occurred roughly during the years 1987-1990, 1992-1998, and 2000-2004.

Sometimes the name Alley has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Alley's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Alley for their newborn has dropped significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Alley?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a low point.

The name Alley is mostly unused and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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   Alley (Girl)Alley (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 17 6,746 < 5 --
2017 19 6,283 < 5 --
2016 24 5,443 < 5 --
2015 25 5,282 < 5 --
2014 31 4,547 < 5 --
2013 35 4,156 < 5 --
2012 39 3,915 < 5 --
2011 45 3,494 < 5 --
2010 39 3,886 < 5 --
2009 48 3,410 < 5 --
2008 40 3,938 < 5 --
2007 53 3,212 < 5 --
2006 66 2,703 < 5 --
2005 47 3,263 < 5 --
2004 59 2,742 < 5 --
2003 48 3,085 < 5 --
2002 40 3,394 < 5 --
2001 38 3,488 < 5 --
2000 21 5,317 < 5 --
1999 46 2,894 < 5 --
1998 44 2,933 < 5 --
1997 23 4,516 < 5 --
1996 15 6,073 < 5 --
1995 26 3,979 < 5 --
1994 19 5,017 < 5 --
1993 18 5,211 < 5 --
1992 8 9,513 < 5 --
1991 15 5,957 < 5 --
1990 20 4,701 < 5 --
1989 13 6,166 < 5 --
1988 8 8,404 < 5 --
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1923 < 5 -- 7 3,472
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1921 < 5 -- 5 4,336
1920 < 5 -- 5 4,303
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1917 < 5 -- 7 3,225
1916 < 5 -- 6 3,524
1915 6 3,802 < 5 --
1914 < 5 -- 7 2,658
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.