Kali
#323 for girls in 2025, 948 births · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to girls 97.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 1,312 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,527since 1957
Kali over time
Rank among girls' names. Kali has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #323 | 948 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #295 | 1,073 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #290 | 1,072 | #3,802 | 29 |
| 2022 | #250 | 1,228 | #3,774 | 29 |
| 2021 | #284 | 1,123 | #2,862 | 43 |
| 2020 | #253 | 1,181 | #2,806 | 43 |
| 2019 | #241 | 1,312 | #2,943 | 41 |
| 2018 | #274 | 1,208 | #3,446 | 32 |
| 2017 | #302 | 1,089 | #3,123 | 37 |
| 2016 | #300 | 1,086 | #3,293 | 34 |
| 2015 | #267 | 1,187 | #3,591 | 30 |
| 2014 | #261 | 1,260 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #363 | 872 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #420 | 748 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #493 | 602 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #537 | 545 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #501 | 602 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #504 | 618 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #486 | 668 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #541 | 549 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #526 | 554 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #543 | 527 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #562 | 494 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #552 | 495 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #469 | 592 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #425 | 660 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #375 | 763 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #400 | 686 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #348 | 800 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #332 | 850 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #348 | 756 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #388 | 650 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #420 | 595 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #403 | 630 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #453 | 560 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #444 | 558 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #497 | 472 | — | |
| 1988 | #584 | 348 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #573 | 346 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #559 | 359 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #591 | 329 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #589 | 306 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #774 | 206 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #910 | 166 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,082 | 129 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #1,373 | 91 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #1,952 | 53 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #1,581 | 68 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #1,701 | 61 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #1,968 | 45 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #1,586 | 62 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #1,499 | 65 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #1,804 | 47 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #1,575 | 61 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
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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 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#245 · 1 in 957
- West Virginia#261 · 1 in 970
- Kentucky#273 · 1 in 1,205
- Nebraska#327 · 1 in 1,172
- Indiana#337 · 1 in 1,509
Best ever in a state: #54 in Mississippi, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #245 | 18 | 1 in 957 |
| West Virginia | #261 | 7 | 1 in 970 |
| Kentucky | #273 | 16 | 1 in 1,205 |
| Nebraska | #327 | 7 | 1 in 1,172 |
| Indiana | #337 | 21 | 1 in 1,509 |
| Arkansas | #374 | 8 | 1 in 1,475 |
| Idaho | #381 | 5 | 1 in 1,354 |
| Louisiana | #386 | 13 | 1 in 1,589 |
| Massachusetts | #415 | 13 | 1 in 2,019 |
| Missouri | #416 | 14 | 1 in 2,001 |
| Tennessee | #418 | 16 | 1 in 1,907 |
| Ohio | #421 | 25 | 1 in 2,178 |
| Pennsylvania | #431 | 25 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Michigan | #440 | 19 | 1 in 2,250 |
| Arizona | #446 | 17 | 1 in 1,972 |
| Georgia | #473 | 23 | 1 in 2,205 |
| Virginia | #478 | 16 | 1 in 2,293 |
| Mississippi | #489 | 6 | 1 in 1,961 |
| Wisconsin | #492 | 10 | 1 in 2,451 |
| Florida | #497 | 32 | 1 in 2,573 |
| California | #506 | 80 | 1 in 2,729 |
| Iowa | #506 | 6 | 1 in 2,204 |
| Minnesota | #513 | 10 | 1 in 2,479 |
| North Carolina | #513 | 18 | 1 in 2,579 |
| Oregon | #519 | 7 | 1 in 2,234 |
| Colorado | #523 | 10 | 1 in 2,384 |
| Alabama | #555 | 8 | 1 in 2,502 |
| Texas | #575 | 55 | 1 in 3,030 |
| South Carolina | #657 | 6 | 1 in 3,093 |
| Illinois | #663 | 18 | 1 in 3,513 |
| Washington | #767 | 8 | 1 in 3,920 |
| New York | #889 | 18 | 1 in 5,265 |
| Maryland | #892 | 5 | 1 in 4,944 |
| New Jersey | #918 | 7 | 1 in 5,475 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2019 at #241 (1,312 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1982–2025
- 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%)
- 30.5% of all girls named Kali (9,909) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21 | #4,625 (1959) | #4,964 |
| 1960s | 87 | #3,461 (1969) | #4,967 |
| 1970s | 526 | #1,499 (1974) | #1,838 |
| 1980s | 2,752 | #497 (1989) | #753 |
| 1990s | 6,848 | #332 (1996) | #391 |
| 2000s | 5,759 | #425 (2000) | #511 |
| 2010s | 9,909 | #241 (2019) | #346 |
| 2020s | 6,625 | #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 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 3,052 of them was named Kali, which outranked 97.5% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 141,684 of them was named Kali, which outranked 58.1% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,800Zayvian15
- #5,800Zeeshan15
- #5,800Zuri15
- #6,095Kali14
- #6,095Abdulla14
- #6,095Abrian14
- #6,095Abu14
- #6,436Abhi13
- #6,436Adden13
- #6,436Addiel13
Tied with 340 names at #6,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.