Alley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AL-ee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Alley is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Alley come from?
English: spelling of Allie, a pet form of names like Alison and Alexandra
More on Wiktionary.
Is Alley a girl's or a boy's name?
Alley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Alley, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 66 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer girls named Alley than any year since 1992.
Half of all the girls named Alley in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 652 girls in the US were given Alley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #486, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Alley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 31 | #4,542 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,495 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,214 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,701 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 48 | #3,082 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,893 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,926 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
Names like Alley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Riley, Presley, Harley, Bailey, Marley, Hadley, Hailey, Kinsley, Lily, Addison, Aubrey, Ashley
Other spellings of Alley
Names related to Alley
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alley, updated 20 October 2026.