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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #559, 1994girls
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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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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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1961#6,5675
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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 1995

  • 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: #354 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,907 girlsWAIdaho: #131 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 508 girlsIDMontana: #176 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 627 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #150 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 540 girlsNDMinnesota: #382 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,497 girlsMNIllinois: #591 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,031 girlsILWisconsin: #339 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,166 girlsWIMichigan: #525 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,759 girlsMINew York: #1,126 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,775 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedORNevada: #249 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,005 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #175 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 655 girlsSDIowa: #423 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,837 girlsIAIndiana: #465 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,275 girlsINOhio: #377 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,539 girlsOHPennsylvania: #409 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,834 girlsPANew Jersey: #687 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,351 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #991 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 8,378 girlsCAUtah: #275 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,345 girlsUTColorado: #279 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,448 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNEMissouri: #725 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,918 girlsMOKentucky: 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: #507 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,521 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedDEArizona: #656 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,898 girlsAZNew 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: #728 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,860 girlsTNNorth 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: #402 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,239 girlsOKLouisiana: #365 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,997 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMSAlabama: #369 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,305 girlsALGeorgia: #545 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,721 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedHITexas: #615 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 4,013 girlsTXFlorida: #1,019 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,110 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#131 · 1 in 508
  2. North Dakota#150 · 1 in 540
  3. South Dakota#175 · 1 in 655
  4. Montana#176 · 1 in 627
  5. Nevada#249 · 1 in 1,005

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#131111 in 508
North Dakota#15061 in 540
South Dakota#17551 in 655
Montana#17651 in 627
Nevada#24981 in 1,005
Utah#275111 in 1,345
Colorado#279141 in 1,448
Wisconsin#339121 in 2,166
Washington#354151 in 1,907
Louisiana#365111 in 1,997
Alabama#36991 in 2,305
Ohio#377251 in 2,539
Minnesota#382101 in 2,497
Oklahoma#40271 in 2,239
Pennsylvania#409221 in 2,834
Iowa#42351 in 2,837
Indiana#465101 in 3,275
Maryland#50771 in 3,521
Michigan#525141 in 3,759
Georgia#545111 in 3,721
Illinois#591181 in 4,031
Texas#615341 in 4,013
Arizona#65671 in 3,898
New Jersey#68781 in 5,351
Missouri#72551 in 5,918
Tennessee#72851 in 5,860
California#991281 in 8,378
Florida#1,01981 in 9,110
New York#1,126111 in 9,775
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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 1995

girls
#595
380 births · 1 in 4,628 girls

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #595Karli380
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 4,628 of them was named Karli, which outranked 96.2% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karli
  1. #592Destini384
  2. #593Lucia383
  3. #593Maddison383
  4. #595Karli380
  5. #596Karly378
  6. #597Dorothy377
  7. #598Anissa376
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 6,718Iridian#7,604#886
  2. 2,689Daija#3,615#926
  3. 2,119Lyric#2,752#633
  4. 1,910Daja#2,877#967
  5. 1,602Shania#2,047#445
Fallers
  1. 1,205Nohely#896#2,101
  2. 1,048Zana#802#1,850
  3. 869Kadijah#512#1,381
  4. 609Clarisa#664#1,273
  5. 514Dayana#751#1,265

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

See the top 100 for 1995