first name
ALI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 69,302 people named Ali, 63.2% reported their origin as White, 13% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 11.1% as Black. 80.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ali peaked in 2014, when 1,251 babies got the name.
At least 44,888 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ali by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #558. The largest share of babies named Ali, 36.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ali is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ali has been most common in Michigan (3.3×), New Jersey (1.6×), and New York (1.5×), and least common in West Virginia (0.12×).
39,267 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ali
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ali, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ali ranks #366 of 156,621, with 84,529 people. See Ali as a last name
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