Kali

#323 for girls in 2025, 948 births · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to girls 97.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
#241
2019 · 1,312 births
Debut · girls
1957
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
32,527
since 1957

Kali over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kali has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #241, 2019girls
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#323948#4,24924
2024#2951,073#4,20025
2023#2901,072#3,80229
2022#2501,228#3,77429
2021#2841,123#2,86243
2020#2531,181#2,80643
2019#2411,312#2,94341
2018#2741,208#3,44632
2017#3021,089#3,12337
2016#3001,086#3,29334
2015#2671,187#3,59130
2014#2611,260#4,13824
2013#363872#4,46321
2012#420748#5,25617
2011#493602#9,6007
2010#537545#5,74115
2009#501602#6,09514
2008#504618#6,76312
2007#486668#5,90114
2006#541549#6,90411
2005#526554#8,2998
2004#543527#4,60218
2003#562494#4,42618
2002#552495#5,39513
2001#469592#4,12119
2000#425660#4,20418
1999#375763#5,03513
1998#400686#6,8438
1997#348800#4,66813
1996#332850#5,18711
1995#348756#6,9927
1994#388650#3,59618
1993#420595#4,02015
1992#403630#5,6609
1991#453560#4,47612
1990#444558#7,1786
1989#497472—
1988#584348#5,7517
1987#573346#3,95911
1986#559359#4,8538
1985#591329#4,3339
1984#589306#6,3155
1983#774206#4,9077
1982#910166—
1981#1,082129#3,41212
1980#1,37391#3,43012
1979#1,95253#2,46519
1978#1,58168#2,79915
1977#1,70161#3,03713
1976#1,96845#2,82614
1975#1,58662#3,07812
1974#1,49965#2,12920
1973#2,26734#3,01311
1972#1,80447#2,81912
1971#1,57561#3,14610
1970#2,45030#4,2306
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First appearance
1957

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

Quietest stretch: 1960–1963, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Kali is popular in 1971

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedMINew York: #1,376 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 20,869 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #982 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 16,071 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #807 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 7,810 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kali, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#807 · 1 in 7,810
  2. Pennsylvania#982 · 1 in 16,071
  3. New York#1,376 · 1 in 20,869

Best ever in a state: #54 in Mississippi, 2024.

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California#807191 in 7,810
Pennsylvania#98251 in 16,071
New York#1,37661 in 20,869
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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 Kali
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#295 → #323)
  • 70 spots since 2020 (#253 → #323)
  • 56 spots since 2015 (#267 → #323)
  • Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1984 (#774 → #589)
  • Biggest drop: 83 spots in 2002 (#469 → #552)
Rise & fade · girls
62 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1957
  • Peaked 2019 at #241 (1,312 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 44 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1982–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,279
  • Highest: 1 in 1,279 girls born in 2019 were named Kali (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,695 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 30.5% of all girls named Kali (9,909) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s21#4,625 (1959)#4,964
1960s87#3,461 (1969)#4,967
1970s526#1,499 (1974)#1,838
1980s2,752#497 (1989)#753
1990s6,848#332 (1996)#391
2000s5,759#425 (2000)#511
2010s9,909#241 (2019)#346
2020s6,625#250 (2022)#283

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.

Kali in 1971

girls
#1,575
61 births · 1 in 27,276 girls
boys
#3,146
10 births · 1 in 176,845 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #1,575Kali61

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #3,146Kali10
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 27,276 of them was named Kali, which outranked 83.7% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kali
  1. #1,560Scarlet62
  2. #1,560Steffanie62
  3. #1,560Tonie62
  4. #1,575Kali61
  5. #1,575Alena61
  6. #1,575Jerilyn61
  7. #1,575Kathlene61
  8. #1,586Darcey60
  9. #1,586Gilda60
  10. #1,586Jennette60

Tied with 10 names at #1,575; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,115Yesenia#2,522 → #407
  2. ↑ 1,431Shayla#2,267 → #836
  3. ↑ 853Ebony#1,681 → #828
  4. ↑ 749Consuela#1,706 → #957
  5. ↑ 510Candida#1,196 → #686
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Sebrina#916 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 382Janene#684 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 375Treena#989 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 356Tisa#910 → #1,266
  5. ↓ 351Shaun#929 → #1,280

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

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 176,845 of them was named Kali, which outranked 44.4% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kali
  1. #2,973Zedrick11
  2. #2,973Zenas11
  3. #2,973Zoltan11
  4. #3,146Kali10
  5. #3,146Addam10
  6. #3,146Adriel10
  7. #3,146Akil10
  8. #3,370Able9
  9. #3,370Aden9
  10. #3,370Adi9

Tied with 223 names at #3,146; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 754Germaine#1,582 → #828
  2. ↑ 626Jeramie#1,546 → #920
  3. ↑ 512Jeremey#1,396 → #884
  4. ↑ 473Jarod#1,337 → #864
  5. ↑ 454Jamel#1,374 → #920
Fallers
  1. ↓ 328Adolph#926 → #1,254
  2. ↓ 272Dwane#1,000 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 266Bronson#861 → #1,127
  4. ↓ 244Mitch#921 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 242Enrico#839 → #1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →