Ali Boy Name

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The name Ali is of Arabic origin, and means lofty or sublime. The table below indicates the number of times the name Ali has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Ali**
Use of the Name Ali for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
13,416	13,416	11,648	6,677	3,781	1,527	719

The table below indicates the number of times the name Ali has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. Ali first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1969, which is the first year shown on the table. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Ali**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1969	921	68
1970	914	76
1971	711	134
1972	732	118
1973	760	111
1974	640	158
1975	640	161
1976	581	197
1977	607	189
1978	523	245
1979	464	311
1980	546	243
1981	561	230
1982	532	256
1983	555	227
1984	544	253
1985	523	276	965	159
1986	537	274	657	280
1987	519	297	705	259
1988	510	324	812	225
1989	489	383	756	259
1990	474	436	687	310
1991	483	418	706	299
1992	477	441	771	268
1993	478	440	709	300
1994	461	473	674	314
1995	445	511	712	291
1996	425	528	676	325
1997	397	588	709	302
1998	393	621	795	269
1999	392	648	865	248
2000	381	680	924	233
2001	374	711
2002	320	863
2003	344	808
2004	379	719	871	278
Totals:		13,416		4,619

During the last 125 years, parents have used Ali as a boy's name about 74% of the time and less frequently (about 25% of the time) as a girl's name. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Ali appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 36 times during the last 125 years.

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