NameTides

Ali

Ali was the #306 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,116 babies), and #103 in England & Wales and #67 in Canada.

Ali as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Ali as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandUSNorthern Ireland
Ali as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#306 (1,116)#103 (502)#132 (34)#395 (3)#188 (25)#67 (418)#58 (132)#47 (133)
2024#323 (1,066)#106 (500)#189 (23)—#240 (18)#70 (383)#57 (130)#69 (108)
2023#311 (1,066)#129 (416)#249 (16)#249 (7)#288 (15)#81 (349)#100 (87)#62 (96)
2022#301 (1,124)#144 (384)#228 (18)#352 (4)#239 (20)#90 (343)#71 (119)#87 (79)
2021#339 (958)#141 (399)#258 (17)#374 (4)#336 (12)#117 (305)#67 (142)#93 (79)
2020#324 (1,017)#141 (396)#204 (21)#334 (4)#342 (12)#98 (336)#63 (142)#86 (84)
2019#314 (1,069)#128 (444)#244 (18)#312 (5)#244 (19)#96 (358)#76 (119)#83 (93)
2018#310 (1,094)#133 (428)#264 (15)#319 (5)#369 (10)#101 (355)#64 (139)#84 (80)
2017#310 (1,116)#130 (453)#194 (28)#415 (3)#257 (19)#123 (309)#64 (147)#69 (101)
2016#322 (1,087)#133 (452)#268 (16)—#245 (20)#114 (347)#74 (144)#97 (70)
2015#325 (1,061)#137 (425)#213 (23)#342 (4)#308 (14)#121 (332)#79 (125)#99 (63)
2014#334 (1,011)#132 (458)#232 (21)—#302 (15)#125 (336)#64 (156)#98 (66)
2013#351 (902)#137 (428)#257 (16)—#317 (13)#125 (324)#73 (141)#87 (79)
2012#352 (872)#139 (440)#261 (16)#311 (5)#290 (16)#122 (326)#74 (137)—
2011#372 (803)#144 (417)#223 (20)—#308 (14)#121 (331)#71 (144)—

Ali as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ali as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaUS
Ali as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#3,459 (44)——#483 (7)#3,478 (5)
2024#2,508 (71)#5,892 (3)—#372 (10)—
2023#2,415 (74)——#625 (5)#2,027 (10)
2022#2,156 (88)——#420 (9)#2,835 (6)
2021#1,910 (103)——#242 (19)#2,616 (7)
2020#2,005 (93)——#275 (15)#2,343 (8)
2019#1,629 (130)——#284 (16)#3,266 (5)
2018#1,830 (111)——#512 (7)#1,741 (12)
2017#1,770 (118)——#272 (17)#1,269 (19)
2016#1,485 (154)——#254 (18)#1,335 (18)
2015#1,280 (190)#5,730 (3)—#306 (16)#1,363 (17)
2014#1,068 (240)#4,684 (4)—#203 (26)#1,108 (23)
2013#996 (251)——#241 (22)#1,133 (22)
2012#865 (307)#5,876 (3)—#180 (32)#751 (37)
2011#710 (391)—#810 (3)#203 (28)#797 (34)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #306.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 540common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 580common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 950common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 380common
USGirls2025about 1 in 37,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ali is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ali by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #309WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #373MNIllinois: #186ILMichigan: #50MINew York: #166NYMassachusetts: #223MAOregon: #529ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #431INOhio: #287OHPennsylvania: #342PANew Jersey: #231NJConnecticut: #296CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #334CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #329CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #179VAMaryland: #243MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #392AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #452TNNorth Carolina: #365NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #393GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #326TXFlorida: #489FL
Ali (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#48210
Quebec2025#7791

Ali (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AliCanadaGirls#3,4785
AliCanadaBoys#67418
AliEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AliEngland & WalesBoys#103502
AliIrelandGirls#4837
AliIrelandBoys#18825
AliNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AliNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
AliNSWBoys#58132
AliScotlandGirls—too few
AliScotlandBoys#13234
AliUSGirls#3,45944
AliUSBoys#3061,116
AliVICBoys#47133