Carli

#3,389 for girls in 2025, 45 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #8,800
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1996 · 365 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,967
since 1957

Carli over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Carli has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #622, 1996girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#3,38945—
2024#3,01354—
2023#2,78961—
2022#2,92857—
2021#2,34577—
2020#1,649125—
2019#2,12888—
2018#1,869108—
2017#1,721123—
2016#1,465157—
2015#1,520148—
2014#1,838110—
2013#1,539142—
2012#1,390167—
2011#1,427159—
2010#1,223197—
2009#1,292187—
2008#1,043251—
2007#1,217205—
2006#1,102227—
2005#1,008242—
2004#985241—
2003#853283—
2002#875261—
2001#792298—
2000#742311—
1999#727310—
1998#649355—
1997#671324—
1996#622365—
1995#659324—
1994#660324#8,8005
1993#711300—
1992#714299—
1991#776265—
1990#1,057168—
1989#1,137145—
1988#979169—
1987#1,038149—
1986#1,018150—
1985#1,128128—
1984#1,080129—
1983#1,159114—
1982#1,152122—
1981#1,36890—
1980#1,90456—
1979#1,59671—
1978#1,91551—
1977#1,92251—
1976#1,99644—
1975#1,72954—
1974#1,93744—
1973#3,01522—
1972#4,09114—
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First appearance
1957

The first year at least five girls were named Carli! It came in at #5,377, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1958–1971, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Carli is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedNHWashington: #534 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,884 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,286 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,516 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedWIMichigan: #981 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,594 girlsMINew York: #1,125 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 11,186 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedINOhio: #649 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,771 girlsOHPennsylvania: #615 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,768 girlsPANew Jersey: #614 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,446 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,160 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 11,951 girlsCAUtah: #380 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,233 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedALGeorgia: #842 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,839 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Carli, so not publishedHITexas: #1,397 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 16,109 girlsTXFlorida: #824 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,713 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#380 · 1 in 2,233
  2. Washington#534 · 1 in 3,884
  3. New Jersey#614 · 1 in 5,446
  4. Pennsylvania#615 · 1 in 5,768
  5. Ohio#649 · 1 in 6,771

Best ever in a state: #166 in Utah, 1988.

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Utah#38061 in 2,233
Washington#53471 in 3,884
New Jersey#61481 in 5,446
Pennsylvania#615121 in 5,768
Ohio#649101 in 6,771
Florida#82491 in 7,713
Georgia#84251 in 7,839
Michigan#98151 in 11,594
New York#1,125101 in 11,186
California#1,160181 in 11,951
Illinois#1,28651 in 14,516
Texas#1,39781 in 16,109
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Carli
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 376 spots since 2024 (#3,013 → #3,389)
  • 1,740 spots since 2020 (#1,649 → #3,389)
  • 1,869 spots since 2015 (#1,520 → #3,389)
  • Biggest jump: 281 spots in 1991 (#1,057 → #776)
  • Biggest drop: 158 spots in 1989 (#979 → #1,137)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1957
  • Peaked 1996 at #622 (365 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1991–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,803
  • Highest: 1 in 4,803 girls born in 1996 were named Carli (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,717 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.8% of all girls named Carli (3,034) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s6#5,377 (1957)#5,377
1960s0——
1970s351#1,596 (1979)#2,275
1980s1,252#979 (1988)#1,196
1990s3,034#622 (1996)#725
2000s2,506#742 (2000)#991
2010s1,399#1,223 (2010)#1,612
2020s419#1,649 (2020)#2,686

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carli in 1987

girls
#1,038
149 births · 1 in 11,669 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #1,038Carli149
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 11,669 of them was named Carli, which outranked 92.2% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carli
  1. #1,033Ida150
  2. #1,033Sarina150
  3. #1,033Shaquita150
  4. #1,038Carli149
  5. #1,038Alexandrea149
  6. #1,038Shaneka149
  7. #1,038Sherita149
  8. #1,044Corrine148
  9. #1,044Karyn148
  10. #1,044Malissa148

Tied with 5 names at #1,038; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987 →