Is Aly a boy or girl name?

Aly is a unisex name. Of the 2,197 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 67.5% were girls and 32.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2003, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Aly

Recorded 1951–2025 · United States

Aly was most popular in 2016, when 100 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,538 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,336, with 54 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,197 people named Aly.

Aly over time

Births per year. The dot marks Aly’s peak in 2016. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Aly a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Aly is a unisex name — 67.5% of the 2,197 Americans given it were girls and 32.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2003 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 74% girls and 26% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Aly

Where Aly is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org