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Ali name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Ali ranks #306 in male records (1,116 reported) and #3,463 in female records (44 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#3,463 · 44 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 27 female records (71 to 44); rank moved from #2,508 to #3,463.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 59 female records (103 to 44); rank moved from #1,911 to #3,463.
2025 male rank and count
#306 · 1,116 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 50 male records (1,066 to 1,116); rank moved from #323 to #306.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count increased by 158 male records (958 to 1,116); rank moved from #339 to #306.
Peak year in available data
2022: 1,124 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Ali becoming more popular?

Ali's reported male count increased by 50 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #323 to #306. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Ali in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for AliFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,1240201620252016: 154 female records2017: 118 female records2018: 111 female records2019: 130 female records2020: 93 female records2021: 103 female records2022: 88 female records2023: 74 female records2024: 71 female records2025: 44 female records2016: 1,087 male records2017: 1,116 male records2018: 1,094 male records2019: 1,069 male records2020: 1,017 male records2021: 958 male records2022: 1,124 male records2023: 1,066 male records2024: 1,066 male records2025: 1,116 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025443,4631,116306
2024712,5081,066323
2023742,4161,066311
2022882,1571,124301
20211031,911958339
2020932,0061,017324
20191301,6291,069314
20181111,8301,094310
20171181,7701,116310
20161541,4851,087322

Questions about Ali’s popularity

How common is Ali in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Ali ranks #306 in male records (1,116 reported) and #3,463 in female records (44 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Ali?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Ali only.

Can I compare this name with my partner?

Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Ali creates a match.

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