Boys' name · since 2009
Ghali
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 131 babies named Ghali, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,642 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,096 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 131
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ghali currently ranks #8096 among boys' names in America, with 131 babies recorded since 2009.
Ghali has 131 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8096 as of the latest data, more common than 42% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #15,642 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,096 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 131 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ghali ranks #15,642 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,096 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 131 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,642 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,096 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 131
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ghali's 131 recorded births place it above 65.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ghali compares
131 30th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ghali's all-time total is 64% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ghali | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 131 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ghali's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ghali's full recorded timeline at 2016, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ghali popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Ghali by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Ghali's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Ghali births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Ghali's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ghali: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ghali draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.