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“high, exalted”
01 / Meaning & origin
Ali is a masculine given name documented in English, Portuguese, Dutch and 12 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Arabic عَلِيّ, with the stated meaning “high, exalted”.
Separate records with matching spellings: 'Ali (Rukai), Ali (English, Finnish), Alí (Spanish), Ali̇ (st-a303858fd4), Alī (Latvian), Âli (Turkish), Äli (Estonian)
5 source accounts
Meaning: “high, exalted”
From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, literally “high, exalted”), from the Arabic root ع ل ي (ʕ l y).
Shortening.
A diminutive form of Aleksanteri.
From Adelheid.
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. )
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 1,116 boys (rank 306). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1900–2025 Spelling: ALI
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Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | 5 | 477 | rounded |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | 5 | 481 | rounded |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | 5 | 508 | rounded |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | 5 | 702 | rounded |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | 5 | 514 | rounded |
| 1910 | 5 | 728 | rounded |
| 1911 | 5 | 582 | rounded |
| 1912 | 5 | 686 | rounded |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | 5 | 617 | rounded |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | 5 | 455 | rounded |
| 1920 | 5 | 523 | rounded |
| 1921 | 10 | 470 | rounded |
| 1922 | 5 | 548 | rounded |
| 1923 | 10 | 480 | rounded |
| 1924 | 5 | 602 | rounded |
| 1925 | 10 | 480 | rounded |
| 1926 | 10 | 427 | rounded |
| 1927 | 10 | 455 | rounded |
| 1928 | 5 | 615 | rounded |
| 1929 | 10 | 458 | rounded |
| 1930 | 15 | 376 | rounded |
| 1931 | 20 | 323 | rounded |
| 1932 | 20 | 331 | rounded |
| 1933 | 20 | 301 | rounded |
| 1934 | 10 | 405 | rounded |
| 1935 | 15 | 352 | rounded |
| 1936 | 15 | 336 | rounded |
| 1937 | 25 | 253 | rounded |
| 1938 | 25 | 258 | rounded |
| 1939 | 15 | 343 | rounded |
| 1940 | 15 | 330 | rounded |
| 1941 | 20 | 291 | rounded |
| 1942 | 20 | 262 | rounded |
| 1943 | 20 | 262 | rounded |
| 1944 | 25 | 237 | rounded |
| 1945 | 45 | 181 | rounded |
| 1946 | 85 | 157 | rounded |
| 1947 | 85 | 162 | rounded |
| 1948 | 85 | 161 | rounded |
| 1949 | 105 | 151 | rounded |
| 1950 | 105 | 153 | rounded |
| 1951 | 135 | 140 | rounded |
| 1952 | 135 | 142 | rounded |
| 1953 | 150 | 136 | rounded |
| 1954 | 165 | 137 | rounded |
| 1955 | 180 | 132 | rounded |
| 1956 | 175 | 131 | rounded |
| 1957 | 185 | 128 | rounded |
| 1958 | 200 | 127 | rounded |
| 1959 | 240 | 120 | rounded |
| 1960 | 250 | 121 | rounded |
| 1961 | 305 | 115 | rounded |
| 1962 | 290 | 123 | rounded |
| 1963 | 305 | 126 | rounded |
| 1964 | 365 | 115 | rounded |
| 1965 | 400 | 114 | rounded |
| 1966 | 400 | 117 | rounded |
| 1967 | 395 | 121 | rounded |
| 1968 | 360 | 127 | rounded |
| 1969 | 355 | 135 | rounded |
| 1970 | 370 | 136 | rounded |
| 1971 | 380 | 138 | rounded |
| 1972 | 370 | 148 | rounded |
| 1973 | 390 | 142 | rounded |
| 1974 | 375 | 147 | rounded |
| 1975 | 375 | 143 | rounded |
| 1976 | 360 | 140 | rounded |
| 1977 | 370 | 145 | rounded |
| 1978 | 350 | 152 | rounded |
| 1979 | 370 | 153 | rounded |
| 1980 | 395 | 153 | rounded |
| 1981 | 415 | 148 | rounded |
| 1982 | 430 | 144 | rounded |
| 1983 | 410 | 144 | rounded |
| 1984 | 420 | 144 | rounded |
| 1985 | 410 | 148 | rounded |
| 1986 | 355 | 163 | rounded |
| 1987 | 310 | 176 | rounded |
| 1988 | 320 | 174 | rounded |
| 1989 | 335 | 173 | rounded |
| 1990 | 315 | 187 | rounded |
| 1991 | 305 | 188 | rounded |
| 1992 | 310 | 183 | rounded |
| 1993 | 280 | 187 | rounded |
| 1994 | 310 | 173 | rounded |
| 1995 | 275 | 183 | rounded |
| 1996 | 255 | 200 | rounded |
| 1997 | 230 | 224 | rounded |
| 1998 | 265 | 203 | rounded |
| 1999 | 310 | 192 | rounded |
| 2000 | 295 | 206 | rounded |
| 2001 | 350 | 189 | rounded |
| 2002 | 365 | 189 | rounded |
| 2003 | 390 | 184 | rounded |
| 2004 | 400 | 178 | rounded |
| 2005 | 385 | 189 | rounded |
| 2006 | 420 | 177 | rounded |
| 2007 | 440 | 166 | rounded |
| 2008 | 475 | 157 | rounded |
| 2009 | 485 | 160 | rounded |
| 2010 | 480 | 160 | rounded |
| 2011 | 495 | 154 | rounded |
| 2012 | 585 | 138 | rounded |
| 2013 | 560 | 133 | rounded |
| 2014 | 640 | 118 | rounded |
| 2015 | 635 | 110 | rounded |
| 2016 | 775 | 92 | rounded |
| 2017 | 795 | 87 | rounded |
| 2018 | 790 | 86 | rounded |
| 2019 | 755 | 88 | rounded |
| 2020 | 760 | 88 | rounded |
| 2021 | 790 | 87 | rounded |
| 2022 | 820 | 83 | rounded |
| 2023 | 815 | 82 | rounded |
| 2024 | 800 | 79 | rounded |
| 2025 | 810 | 73 | rounded |
Statistics count the spelling “ALI” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
British Columbia — 100 Years of Popular Baby Names (first names used 5 or more times), 1926-2025
Government of British Columbia, Vital Statistics Agency · OGL-BC (Open Government License - British Columbia; version not stated on the page) · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages — Popular Baby Names (annual top 100 per gender), 1952-2025
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (via data.nsw.gov.au) · CC-BY (Creative Commons Attribution; version not stated on the record) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Belgium — published top 100 newborn first names, 2023–2025
Statbel (Statistics Belgium) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Top 100 Baby Names per sex, 2018-2025
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
