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Ali
Pronounced /ˈɑːli/
Rank in 2024
#2,552
Born in 2024
70
Peak year
2011 · #711
Origin
Arabic
Also recorded for boys:1,061 in 2024 (#325)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 70 girls were named Ali, about 1 in every 23,046.
- It peaked in 2011 with 391 babies, ranked #711.
- It first shows up in the records in 1960.
- 10,455 girls have been named Ali since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ali per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 863 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,630 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,333 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,617 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, literally “high, exalted”), from the Arabic root ع ل ي (ʕ l y). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɑːli/ Rhymes: -ɑːli ==== Proper noun ==== Ali (plural Alis) A male given name from Arabic. (Islam) The caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, considered by Shiites to be Muhammad's first successor (imam). Synonym: Haydar (birth name and common epithet in Shiite literature) A surname from Arabic. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations =====
- A male given name from Arabic.
- A diminutive of the female given name Alison or of its variants.
- A diminutive of the male given name Alistair or of its variants.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Say it
- /ˈɑːli/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ali, CC BY-SA 4.0.