Karli

#2,691 for girls in 2025, 64 births

Peak · girls
1994 · 425 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,960
since 1961

Karli over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Karli has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #559, 1994girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,69164
2024#2,97655
2023#2,33678
2022#2,20885
2021#2,13188
2020#1,883102
2019#1,98697
2018#1,813112
2017#1,607135
2016#1,523148
2015#1,287187
2014#1,257192
2013#1,391166
2012#1,214200
2011#1,150213
2010#933277
2009#992267
2008#898309
2007#934289
2006#858311
2005#694399
2004#694390
2003#764324
2002#639398
2001#692359
2000#635394
1999#633372
1998#596406
1997#565416
1996#611374
1995#595380
1994#559425
1993#636353
1992#573407
1991#664327
1990#924206
1989#982176
1988#892196
1987#917181
1986#1,047144
1985#1,081134
1984#1,044135
1983#1,27297
1982#1,107127
1981#1,52878
1980#1,83359
1979#1,85757
1978#2,12544
1977#2,42336
1976#2,33435
1975#2,16939
1974#1,88146
1973#2,91423
1972#4,30013
1971#8,3245
1970#5,8188
1969#7,4715
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five girls were named Karli! It came in at #6,567, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1961–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Karli is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNHWashington: #523 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,685 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #475 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,041 girlsMNIllinois: #733 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,441 girlsILWisconsin: #445 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,662 girlsWIMichigan: #1,049 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,090 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedRIOregon: #379 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,295 girlsORNevada: #255 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,229 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedINOhio: #609 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,821 girlsOHPennsylvania: #928 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,261 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #921 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 8,133 girlsCAUtah: #406 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,240 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedCONebraska: #259 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,520 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedHITexas: #1,294 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 13,338 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#255 · 1 in 1,229
  2. Nebraska#259 · 1 in 1,520
  3. Oregon#379 · 1 in 2,295
  4. Utah#406 · 1 in 2,240
  5. Wisconsin#445 · 1 in 3,662

Best ever in a state: #131 in Idaho, 1995.

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Nevada#25551 in 1,229
Nebraska#25961 in 1,520
Oregon#37971 in 2,295
Utah#40661 in 2,240
Wisconsin#44581 in 3,662
Minnesota#47571 in 4,041
Washington#52381 in 3,685
Ohio#609121 in 5,821
Illinois#733121 in 6,441
California#921301 in 8,133
Pennsylvania#92871 in 10,261
Michigan#1,04951 in 12,090
Texas#1,294101 in 13,338
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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 Karli
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 285 spots since 2024 (#2,976 → #2,691)
  • 808 spots since 2020 (#1,883 → #2,691)
  • 1,404 spots since 2015 (#1,287 → #2,691)
  • Biggest jump: 260 spots in 1991 (#924 → #664)
  • Biggest drop: 217 spots in 2011 (#933 → #1,150)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 1994 at #559 (425 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1987–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,184
  • Highest: 1 in 4,184 girls born in 1997 were named Karli (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,114 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #559 in 1994, was only 1 in 4,202 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.4% of all girls named Karli (3,666) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s22#5,809 (1966)#6,435
1970s306#1,857 (1979)#3,415
1980s1,327#892 (1988)#1,170
1990s3,666#559 (1994)#636
2000s3,440#635 (2000)#780
2010s1,727#933 (2010)#1,416
2020s472#1,883 (2020)#2,371

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.

Karli in 1989

girls
#982
176 births · 1 in 10,475 girls

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #982Karli176
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 10,475 of them was named Karli, which outranked 93.3% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karli
  1. #978Brynn177
  2. #978Joni177
  3. #978Rena177
  4. #982Karli176
  5. #982James176
  6. #982Kacy176
  7. #982Lourdes176
  8. #986Ava175
  9. #986Deirdre175
  10. #986Helena175

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →