How Many People Are Named Alys?
people named Alys are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 455,106 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,359 babies named Alys in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
29 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of ALICE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Alys in English. Counting Alys and these spellings together, about 226,752 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alys in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alys alive today is about 35 years old, and 48% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alys first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1920, to 29 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alys has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #840, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #4,884.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,884 |
| Best rank | #840 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,966 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alys alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alys were born in Florida than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today.
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