Ghali
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GHAH-lee
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Ghali is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “precious, dear”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Ghali mean?
Arabic
“precious, dear”
Is Ghali a girl's or a boy's name?
Ghali is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ghali in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Ghali, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Ghali in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ghali in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
Names like Ghali
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayan, Jasai, Zahir, Azai, Yahya, Muhammadali, Hadi, Zayd, Arham, Hamza, Rayyan, Zayn
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ghali: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ghali, updated 20 October 2026.