Ali
About Ali
One of the sweet simple unisex names balanced enough to stand on its own.
Ali can either be used as a shortening of Al- beginning names. For example, comedian Ali Wong is an Alexandra.
Ali is also an Arabic name in its own right. It is one of the ninety-nine attributes of Allah, deemed by Muhammad to be a recommended name for a male child.
Pronounced AHL-ee.
As of October 2026, Ali ranked #3463 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #661 in 1986.
Editor's take: The name Ali is a girl's name of Swahili origin meaning "supreme, exalted".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,068 | 240 | 134.4 |
| 2015 | #1,279 | 190 | 106.4 |
| 2016 | #1,492 | 153 | 86.3 |
| 2017 | #1,779 | 117 | 67.8 |
| 2018 | #1,839 | 110 | 64.7 |
| 2019 | #1,640 | 129 | 76.9 |
| 2020 | #2,019 | 92 | 56.9 |
| 2021 | #1,910 | 103 | 62.8 |
| 2022 | #2,157 | 88 | 53.7 |
| 2023 | #2,415 | 74 | 46.1 |
| 2024 | #2,524 | 70 | 43.2 |
| 2025 | #3,463 | 44 | 27.4 |
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Ali on lists
Famous Alis
- Elizabeth Alice "Ali" MacGraw
American actress
- Alexandra "Ali" Wong
American actress/comedian
- Ali Germaine Landry
American model/actress
- Alison Elizabeth "Ali" Larter
American actress
- Alexandra Blaire "Ali" Krieger
American soccer player
- Aliana Taylor "Ali" Lohan
American model and sister of actress Lindsay Lohan
- Alison "Ali" Hewson
Irish wife of singer Bono of U2
- Alexandra Nicole "Ali" Michael
American fashion model
- Alexis "Ali" Wallace
American beauty queen; Miss Oregon 2015
- Alexandra Lowe "Ali" Riley
New Zealand footballer
- Ali
stage name of Cho Yong,jin, South Korean pop singer
- Ali
Canadian YouTuber of channel girloftheyearstudios
- Ali Weinberg (b. 1987)
daughter of drummer Max Weinberg of the E Street Band
- Aliannah Hope 'Ali' Simms (b. 2009)
daughter of reality TV personalities Leah Messer and Corey Simms ("Teen Mom 2"); twin of sister Aleeah Grace
- Ali El Mechri (b. 2013)
daughter of actress Virginie Efira and director Mabrouk El Mechri
Ali in pop culture
- Alison Lauren "Ali" DiLaurentis
character in the Pretty Little Liars series
- Ali Devon
character from TV's "Call Me Fitz"