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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |