Alley
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.
Alley by the numbers
Alley was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 66 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Alley
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Allexdefender of men; a form of Alexander5 in the US (2017)
- Adley521 in the US (2017)
- Arley84 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashleyash tree meadow2,549 in the US (2017)
- Atleeat the meadow or clearing; a modern respelling of Attlee57 in the US (2017)
- Allynnoble friend; a form of Alden or Allen13 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Alley
Names that are said the same way as Alley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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