Alys
Alys is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. Its best rank was 840th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192029 births
- Best rank
- #840in 1880
- Since 1880
- 1,332people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,332 girls have been named Alys in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 29 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1920s alone account for 15%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Alys | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | |
| 1890s | 26 | |
| 1900s | 60 | |
| 1910s | 170 | |
| 1920s | 199 | |
| 1930s | 98 | |
| 1940s | 83 | |
| 1950s | 90 | |
| 1960s | 70 | |
| 1970s | 65 | |
| 1980s | 82 | |
| 1990s | 62 | |
| 2000s | 84 | |
| 2010s | 133 | |
| 2020s | 99 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Alys was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Alys
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Genevievepeak 1918
- Rubypeak 1924
- Zenobiapeak 1923
- Odessapeak 1920
- Magdalenepeak 1923
- Faustinapeak 1924
- Esterpeak 1925
- Angelinepeak 1921
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.