Ally

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ally: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ally: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #180 in 2001, and it stood at #483 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
75times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#180highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2165
1999	#1060
2000	#1313
2001	#936
2002	#1032
2003	#1843
2004	#1383
2005	#2084
2006	#3548
2007	#5201
2008	#3005
2009	#3031
2010	#2843
2011	#3549
2012	#2969
2013	#3536
2014	#5691
2015	#3615
2016	#3214
2018	#3178
2019	#2170
2020	#3447
2021	#4634
2022	#3970
2023	#4056
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1999 to 2025.

In 2024: #342 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2771 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2025
Highest recorded position: #180 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 1999–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ally appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, with 27 ranked years and 358 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Boys, from 1996.

Ally across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ally's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1595 (2001)	#4001 (2022)	17 of 27	86 (1996–2022)	9 (2007)
England and Wales · Girls	#2165 (1998)	#936 (2001)	#2771 (2024)	26 of 27	234 (1998–2024)	23 (2001)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#267 (1999)	#180 (2001)	#483 (2025)	27 of 27	358 (1999–2025)	23 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#433 (2021)	#395 (2023)	#395 (2023)	2 of 3	6 (2021–2023)	3 (2021)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#248 (2003)	#248 (2003)	#377 (2005)	2 of 3	8 (2003–2005)	5 (2003)

Ally by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ally in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	1 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	168	10 of 10	17
2010s	118	10 of 10	12
2020s	62	6 of 10	10

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Ally appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #180 in Republic of Ireland in 2001.

Ally's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1032	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#936	23	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#248	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#342	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	13	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	12	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	15	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	16	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	12	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#398	12	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	15	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	19	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	17	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	17	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	23	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	13	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	14	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	15	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#180	22	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	11	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#267	10	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #180, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Alma · #5, 72y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ellie-Mae · #180, 30y
Mae · #180, 30y
Roan · #180, 30y
Alara · #179, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ellie-Mae · #180, 30y
Mae · #180, 30y
Roan · #180, 30y
Alara · #179, 28y

Ally was ranked #180 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ally and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ally without appearing here.

Ally moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2843 and #5707.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5691 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Ally

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #1313.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #1939.
Karin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #3192.

Moved the opposite way to Ally

Alice Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ally went from #267 to #483 while Alice went from #87 to #41.
Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ally went from #267 to #483 while Alma went from #528 to #226.
Amelia Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ally went from #267 to #483 while Amelia went from #322 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ally went from #267 to #483 while Annie went from #149 to #33.

Moved the same way as Ally

Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ally went from #267 to #483 and Aimee from #68 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ally went from #267 to #483 and Aisling from #25 to #180.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ally went from #267 to #483 and Alex from #185 to #304.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ally went from #267 to #483 and Alexandra from #91 to #141.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #180 in Republic of Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ally

Ally at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ally across 5 official records

Ally by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Ally appears in

Popularity data

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Ally across 5 official records

Ally by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ally

Ally and the names beside it

Ally moved ahead of

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