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.

Aly: Recorded since 1998, it reached #873 in 2017, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#873highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
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

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 14 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Aly by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Aly in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	13	4 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	29	7 of 10	4
2020s	11	2 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Aly 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 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. 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.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #873, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2017, and 19 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#3,254position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
19 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Abbie-Mae · #873, 12y
Adria · #873, 13y
Amelia-Mae · #873, 19y
Aukse · #873, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Abbie-Mae · #873, 12y
Alejandra · #873, 25y
Camellia · #873, 16y
Karleigh · #873, 10y

Aly was ranked #873 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2017. 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.

Aly 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 Aly without appearing here.

Aly moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3959 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #4632.

Moved ahead of Aly

Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2074 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1092.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #1461.
Filip Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2074 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1771.
Cillian Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2074 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1962.

Moved the opposite way to Aly

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aly went from #2074 to #3254 while Albie went from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aly went from #2074 to #3254 while Alfie went from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aly went from #2074 to #3254 while Alfred went from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aly went from #2074 to #3254 while Archie went from #120 to #10.

Moved the same way as Aly

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aly went from #2074 to #3254 and Aaron from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aly went from #2074 to #3254 and Adam from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aly went from #2074 to #3254 and Alan from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aly went from #2074 to #3254 and Alex from #46 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2024. Highest recorded position: #873 in Republic of Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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