Allie
Pronounced AE1 L IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2010
- 145 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Allie?
Allie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 61,346 children — the 491st most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 47% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2010, when 1,877 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Alie, Alley and Alli — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Allie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Alie
- Alley
- Alli
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AE1 L IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Allie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Allie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Allie?
- Allie ranks 491st among girls' names in US records, with 61,346 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 9,040.
- Is Allie a unisex name?
- No. Allie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Allie most popular?
- 2010, when 1,877 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Allie spelled?
- Alie, Alley, Alli. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.