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Aly

maleStatistical record

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

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

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2025

England and Wales · Boys rank from 1998 to 2025, ranging from #2074 to #4747.199820032004200520092010201120122014201520172018202320242025#2074#4747
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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
YearRank
1998#2074
2003#3467
2004#3651
2005#3849
2009#3744
2010#4678
2011#4647
2012#3039
2014#3362
2015#4747
2017#3449
2018#3959
2023#3523
2024#3254
2025#4275

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 15 of the 28 years from 1998 to 2025.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 19982025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1998

    First recorded at #2074 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Boys

  2. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #4275 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #873 in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Aly'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesmale#42754HighVerified
2024England and Walesmale#32546HighVerified
2023England and Walesmale#35235HighVerified
2018England and Walesmale#39594HighVerified
2017England and Walesmale#34495HighVerified
2015England and Walesmale#47473HighVerified
2014England and Walesmale#33625HighVerified
2012England and Walesmale#30396HighVerified
2011England and Walesmale#46473HighVerified
2010England and Walesmale#46783HighVerified
2009England and Walesmale#37444HighVerified
2005England and Walesmale#38493HighVerified
2004England and Walesmale#36513HighVerified
2003England and Walesmale#34673HighVerified
1998England and Walesmale#20745HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandfemale#8733HighVerified

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

Where Aly is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Aly, between 1998 and 2025, in 15 of those 28 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
England and Wales1998–202515#2074 in 1998
Republic of Ireland20171#873 in 2017

Its high point came 19 years earlier in England and Wales (1998) than in Republic of Ireland (2017).

No registrar recorded it for 4 years after 1998; it appears again in 2003.

What's not yet available

  • Meaning
  • Origin
  • 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 2 regions, from 1998 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #873 in Republic of Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.