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How popular is the name Ali?
Births per year, rank history and how many Alis are alive today.
Ali (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 103rd in 2025 with 502 babies given the name. It was almost as popular in 2010, with 484 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 11,000 babies have been named Ali in England and Wales since 1996.
The Ali you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Alis born in England and Wales are between 8 and 24, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 4.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Ali.
How many babies are named Ali each year?
Where does Ali rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ali most popular?
Ali peaked in 2025, when 502 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Ali?
At least 13,000 people named Ali born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ali?
Most living Alis are between 8 and 24; the most common age is about 2.
Is Ali becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.