Kali Girl
How popular is Kali?
#323 girl name in 2025
948 baby girls were named Kali in the US in 2025, making it the 323rd most popular girl name. Another 24 boys got the name (#4,248 for boys).
Kali popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #323 for girls (▼ 28 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 948 girls, 24 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #267 in 2015, #253 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (1,312 girls) |
| Highest rank | #241 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1957 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 3% boys, 97% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kali counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaylee family of names ranked #38 for girls in 2025 (#29 the year before), with 6,126 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaylee | 1,205 | 20% |
| Callie | 1,754 | 29% |
| Kali | 948 | 15% |
| Cali | 518 | 8% |
| Kayleigh | 340 | 6% |
| Kallie | 279 | 5% |
| Kailey | 153 | 2% |
| Kaylie | 148 | 2% |
| Caylee | 84 | 1% |
| Kailee | 98 | 2% |
| Kaleigh | 56 | 1% |
| Kaley | 38 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kali is most popular
Babies named Kali per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 2.8 per 1,000 (133 girls)
- Louisiana: 2.4 per 1,000 (209 girls)
- Delaware: 2.3 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- South Carolina: 2.0 per 1,000 (179 girls)
- Georgia: 1.6 per 1,000 (374 girls)
Kali by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21 | #4,624 |
| 1960s | 87 | #3,460 |
| 1970s | 526 | #1,499 |
| 1980s | 2,752 | #497 |
| 1990s | 6,848 | #332 |
| 2000s | 5,759 | #425 |
| 2010s | 9,909 | #241 |
| 2020s | 6,625 | #250 |
Girl names about as popular as Kali
Questions
- Is Kali a boy or girl name?
- Kali is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Kali were girls.
- How popular is the name Kali?
- 948 baby girls were named Kali in the US in 2025, making it the 323rd most popular girl name. Another 24 boys got the name (#4,248 for boys).
- When was Kali most popular?
- Kali peaked in 2019, when 1,312 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #241 in 2019.
- How many people are named Kali?
- 33,438 babies have been named Kali in the US since 1880. We estimate about 33,067 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Kali most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kali was most common in Mississippi, at 2.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.