Alif — #11165 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Alif

The Social Security Administration has registered 176 babies named Alif between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Alif currently holds the #11165 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alif performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Alif shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alif in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alif in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 176 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.