girls:
10.4k births since 1960
#1553 (73rd percentile)
boys:
32.2k births since 1914
#637 (86th percentile)
overall:
42.6k births since 1914
#1196 (85th percentile)
The name Ali is the #1,196 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 42,568 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 84.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 84.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #637 (86.1% percentile) for all time with 32,184 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #1,553 (72.8% percentile) for all time with 10,384 births since 1960.
Ali first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1960 for girls). Birth data for Ali is available in 96 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (96 years for boys and 57 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ali has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.5% of babies named Ali were boys.
For boys, Ali reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 69.2% percentile (ranked #285) with 600 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 600 births per million (ranked 69.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ali is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #296 (67.6% percentile) with 582 births per million.
For girls, Ali reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 39.3% percentile (ranked #571) with 202 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 202 births per million (ranked 39.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ali ranks #878 for girls (7.3% percentile) with 42 births per million, which is 21.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ali".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Ali. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.4% confident that Ali is pronounced as AH-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-lee, at 22.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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