Ally
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given names Alice, Alison, Alexandra, and other names beginning with Al-[[]], from the Germanic languages or Ancient Greek. Diminutives + -y.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Ally (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ally has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 9 |
| 2005 | 8 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 9 |
| 2008 | 14 |
| 2009 | 12 |
| 2010 | 11 |
| 2011 | 22 |
| 2012 | 17 |
| 2013 | 23 |
| 2014 | 27 |
| 2015 | 27 |
| 2016 | 16 |
| 2017 | 27 |
| 2018 | 33 |
| 2019 | 27 |
| 2020 | 30 |
| 2021 | 29 |
| 2022 | 25 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 746 | – |
| 2000 | 723 | – |
| 2001 | 690 | – |
| 2002 | 664 | – |
| 2003 | 652 | – |
| 2004 | 624 | – |
| 2005 | 600 | 10 |
| 2006 | 582 | 11 |
| 2007 | 565 | 11 |
| 2008 | 556 | 12 |
| 2009 | 545 | 12 |
| 2010 | 524 | 12 |
| 2011 | 523 | 12 |
| 2012 | 509 | 14 |
| 2013 | 502 | 16 |
| 2014 | 511 | 14 |
| 2015 | 509 | 16 |
| 2016 | 504 | 16 |
| 2017 | 505 | 16 |
| 2018 | 521 | 17 |
| 2019 | 530 | 18 |
| 2020 | 542 | 18 |
Ally in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ally.Hi! My name is Ally.
- Ally bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Ally lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Ally i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Ally this afternoon.
- Allys mamma är lärare.Ally's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Allys mamma is Ally's mum.
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Questions about Ally
How do you pronounce Ally in Swedish?
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What does the name Ally mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given names Alice, Alison, Alexandra, and other names beginning with Al-[[]], from the Germanic languages or Ancient Greek. Diminutives + -y.
How popular is Ally in Sweden?
25 babies were named Ally in 2022. In 2020, 560 people in Sweden had Ally as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.