Ali
Ali is ranked 323rd among boys in 2024 (1,061 births). Its best rank was 300th, in 2022.
- Rank in 2024
- #323down 12 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,0610.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 20221,124 births
- Best rank
- #300in 2022
- Since 1914
- 43,710people given the name
The story in the numbers
33,255 boys have been named Ali in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 1,124 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 30%. It has spent 56 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Ali is used for both sexes: 24% of its bearers are girls (10,455), most of them born around 2011.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ali | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 23 | |
| 1930s | 50 | |
| 1940s | 65 | |
| 1950s | 166 | |
| 1960s | 408 | |
| 1970s | 1,733 | |
| 1980s | 2,848 | |
| 1990s | 5,136 | |
| 2000s | 7,733 | |
| 2010s | 9,863 | |
| 2020s | 5,225 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Ali was the 300th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Ali
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ziadpeak 2019
- Aharonpeak 2021
- Mordechaipeak 2018
- Adempeak 2015
- Kekoapeak 2017
- Avrohompeak 2021
- Mustafapeak 2024
- Samipeak 2017
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.