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Ally Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Ally?

In 2018 the uncommon name Ally, ranked the 1,274th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Ally is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #417 in 1998 with 636 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Ally was less than 5, most recently in 1984.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Ally occurred roughly during the years 1984-1990, and 1994-1998, whereas 2016-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Ally became more popular as a girls name in 1985.

Ally's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Ally lately has dropped significantly.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Ally?

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

The name Ally is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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   Ally (Girl)Ally (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 179 1,274 < 5 --
2017 213 1,156 < 5 --
2016 272 982 < 5 --
2015 319 872 < 5 --
2014 378 738 < 5 --
2013 458 610 < 5 --
2012 497 585 < 5 --
2011 419 673 < 5 --
2010 418 685 < 5 --
2009 348 810 < 5 --
2008 383 767 < 5 --
2007 418 697 5 12,437
2006 456 630 < 5 --
2005 424 654 < 5 --
2004 473 594 < 5 --
2003 393 672 < 5 --
2002 444 582 < 5 --
2001 383 657 < 5 --
2000 418 605 < 5 --
1999 540 480 < 5 --
1998 636 417 < 5 --
1997 184 1,037 < 5 --
1996 79 1,841 5 9,058
1995 73 1,901 < 5 --
1994 60 2,209 < 5 --
1993 73 1,921 < 5 --
1992 61 2,188 < 5 --
1991 43 2,740 < 5 --
1990 62 2,101 < 5 --
1989 55 2,195 < 5 --
1988 40 2,648 < 5 --
1987 44 2,363 < 5 --
1986 26 3,360 < 5 --
1985 13 5,360 < 5 --
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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.