How rare is the name Alli?

4,789 people in the United States have the first name Alli, about 1 in 63,068. It ranks #4,049 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ALLI

#4,049

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,789
About
1 in 63,068
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,789 people named Alli, 82.6% reported their origin as White, 7% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as two or more races. 96.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alli peaked in 2011, when 205 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
205
In 2025*
18 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,810 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.

Alli by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,496. The largest share of babies named Alli, 63.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#9,75211
1980s#6,791181
1990s#2,923873
2000s#2,4961,511
2010s#3,4151,063
2020s#8,197171
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Millennials 1981–9618%
Generation Z 1997–1263.8%
2013 and later17.9%

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 Alli is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alli has been most common in Utah (5.4×), Louisiana (4.5×), and Tennessee (3.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.38×).

1,814 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.

Exactly as common as Alli

1 other first name also has 4,789 people.

#4,049 Javion · 4,789

Either side of Alli

#4,047 Rosella · 4,790#4,047 Shaniya · 4,790#4,049 Javion · 4,789#4,051 Elnora · 4,788

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alli, most common first.

#735 Ali · 69,302#1,109 Allie · 37,273#2,025 Ally · 13,525#2,720 Alla · 8,617#20,595 Allia · 500#24,676 Alle · 389#26,708 All · 347#41,825 Alai · 174

Also a last name

As a last name, Alli ranks #13,093 of 156,621, with 2,240 people. See Alli as a last name

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