Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ali**

#535 most common boys' name of all time · #1,180 across all names · 77% male / 23% female · used 1914–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#535
Rank overall
#1,180 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
44,888
Since 2016
11,699
Peak year
2014 #334
Best rank
#301 2022
Girls Boys peak 1,251/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ali first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 44 1,116 1,160 #306
2024 71 1,066 1,137 #323
2023 74 1,066 1,140 #311
2022 88 1,124 1,212 #301
2021 103 958 1,061 #340
2020 93 1,017 1,110 #324
2019 130 1,069 1,199 #314
2018 111 1,094 1,205 #310
2017 118 1,116 1,234 #310
2016 154 1,087 1,241 #322
2015 190 1,061 1,251 #325
2014 240 1,011 1,251 #334
2013 251 902 1,153 #351
2012 307 872 1,179 #353
2011 391 803 1,194 #372
2010 387 850 1,237 #358
2009 284 818 1,102 #372
2008 320 742 1,062 #398
2007 244 783 1,027 #386
2006 241 827 1,068 #359
2005 238 760 998 #381
2004 284 726 1,010 #379
2003 188 810 998 #345
2002 193 870 1,063 #319
2001 202 715 917 #373
2000 235 684 919 #380
1999 248 650 898 #392
1998 269 622 891 #394
1997 303 591 894 #397
1996 325 528 853 #426
1995 291 517 808 #443
1994 314 478 792 #461
1993 301 443 744 #477
1992 268 447 715 #477
1991 300 424 724 #479
1990 308 440 748 #473
1989 261 385 646 #487
1988 226 333 559 #501
1987 258 308 566 #512
1986 280 286 566 #525
1985 160 283 443 #519
1984 125 263 388 #531
1983 81 237 318 #547
1982 66 265 331 #525
1981 65 237 302 #552
1980 69 249 318 #545
1979 82 318 400 #458
1978 65 256 321 #511
1977 64 196 260 #603
1976 70 198 268 #580
1975 66 163 229 #633
1974 97 158 255 #642
1973 101 113 214 #754
1972 100 118 218 #732
1971 108 136 244 #709
1970 33 77 110 #914
1969 8 68 76 #926
1968 52 52 #1,033
1967 38 38 #1,227
1966 35 35 #1,293
1965 46 46 #1,101
1964 6 48 54 #1,110
1963 35 35 #1,332
1962 32 32 #1,397
1961 29 29 #1,512
1960 6 25 31 #1,651
1959 25 25 #1,613
1958 18 18 #1,937
1957 15 15 #2,154
1956 15 15 #2,147
1955 17 17 #1,962
1954 20 20 #1,749
1953 16 16 #2,013
1952 17 17 #1,917
1951 9 9 #2,777
1950 14 14 #2,089
1949 8 8 #2,942
1948 5 5 #3,931
1947 6 6 #3,574
1946 5 5 #3,769
1945 7 7 #2,914
1944 11 11 #2,280
1943 8 8 #2,903
1941 7 7 #3,033
1940 8 8 #2,805
1939 6 6 #3,333
1938 7 7 #3,074
1937 8 8 #2,841
1936 5 5 #3,815
1934 5 5 #3,937
1933 6 6 #3,513
1931 6 6 #3,597
1930 7 7 #3,461
1928 6 6 #3,923
1927 7 7 #3,641
1926 5 5 #4,458
1924 5 5 #4,595
1914 5 5 #3,525