Alys Girl
How popular is Alys?
#4,877 girl name in 2025
27 baby girls were named Alys in the US in 2025, making it the 4877th most popular girl name.
Alys popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,877 for girls (▲ 268 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 27 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+69% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7,263 in 2015, #8,948 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1920 (29 girls) |
| Highest rank | #836 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alys counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alyse family of names ranked #840 for girls in 2025 (#879 the year before), with 278 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alyse | 54 | 19% |
| Alize | 55 | 20% |
| Alise | 29 | 10% |
| Alis | 34 | 12% |
| Aliz | 18 | 6% |
| Alys | 27 | 10% |
| Alizeh | 19 | 7% |
| Alysse | 6 | 2% |
| Allis | 8 | 3% |
| Alyss | 7 | 3% |
| Alisse | 5 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alys is most popular
Babies named Alys per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Alys by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | #836 |
| 1890s | 26 | #1,099 |
| 1900s | 60 | #1,004 |
| 1910s | 170 | #997 |
| 1920s | 199 | #1,511 |
| 1930s | 98 | #2,363 |
| 1940s | 83 | #2,286 |
| 1950s | 90 | #2,936 |
| 1960s | 70 | #4,492 |
| 1970s | 65 | #4,760 |
| 1980s | 82 | #4,835 |
| 1990s | 62 | #6,582 |
| 2000s | 84 | #7,886 |
| 2010s | 133 | #6,804 |
| 2020s | 126 | #4,652 |
Girl names about as popular as Alys
Questions
- Is Alys a boy or girl name?
- Alys is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alys were girls.
- How popular is the name Alys?
- 27 baby girls were named Alys in the US in 2025, making it the 4877th most popular girl name.
- When was Alys most popular?
- Alys peaked in 1920, when 29 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #836 in 1880.
- How many people are named Alys?
- 1,359 babies have been named Alys in the US since 1880. We estimate about 764 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Alys most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alys was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.