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Boy's name · #306 in the US (2025) · Trending
Ali is climbing: on the charts since 1914, it is ranked #306 in 2025, with about 1,100 boys given the name last year. Roughly 34,000 have carried it all-time.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Ali is especially popular in Bosnia (FBiH) and Finland (other-lang.).
#2 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2025) · #9 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #22 in Türkiye (2025) · #47 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #52 in Slovenia (2025) · #58 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #58 in Belgium (2025) · #69 in Austria (2025) · #73 in France (2025) · #90 in Sweden (2025) · #103 in England & Wales (2025) · #127 in Switzerland (2025) and 9 more.
Among 5,594 notable people named Ali:
Political leaders appear 1.57× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemeni politician (1947–2017).
Similar names: Muhammad · Halo · Riley · Hassan · Abdullah · Sami
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