Alley

Girl name

Alley ranks #3,264 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 6 places, 17 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #624 for cats.

Alley's popularity trend

Alley's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs. Peak year by share: 2007.

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Year	Share
2025	0.003%
2024	0.006%
2023	0.004%
2022	0.003%
2021	0.005%
2020	0.002%
2019	0.002%
2018	0.004%
2017	0.007%
2016	0.007%
2015	0.012%
2014	0.009%
2013	0.009%
2012	0.009%
2011	0.01%
2010	0.009%
2009	0.01%
2008	0.011%
2007	0.014%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 6 places

Popularity rank

#3,264

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

+682

2020 → 2025

Gender split

100% girls

100% girls0% boys

Where Alley shows up

Alley's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


PlayfordAustralia	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%
CambridgeUnited States of America	0.0%

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