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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #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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1966#5,8096
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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 2002

  • 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: #687 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,059 girlsWAIdaho: #317 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,243 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #149 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 463 girlsNDMinnesota: #553 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,628 girlsMNIllinois: #647 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,040 girlsILWisconsin: #709 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,973 girlsWIMichigan: #611 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,065 girlsMINew York: #919 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,459 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedRIOregon: #526 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,671 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedSDIowa: #389 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,928 girlsIAIndiana: #502 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,935 girlsINOhio: #446 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,771 girlsOHPennsylvania: #451 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,763 girlsPANew Jersey: #601 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,746 girlsNJConnecticut: #424 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,440 girlsCTCalifornia: #888 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 6,187 girlsCAUtah: #306 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,354 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNEMissouri: #416 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,326 girlsMOKentucky: #464 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,754 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedWVVirginia: #635 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,962 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedDEArizona: #814 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,637 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedKSArkansas: #499 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,365 girlsARTennessee: #442 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,502 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #632 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,949 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #263 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,187 girlsOKLouisiana: #398 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,865 girlsLAMississippi: #500 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,263 girlsMSAlabama: #297 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,393 girlsALGeorgia: #667 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,034 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedHITexas: #796 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 5,030 girlsTXFlorida: #915 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,418 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#149 · 1 in 463
  2. Oklahoma#263 · 1 in 1,187
  3. Alabama#297 · 1 in 1,393
  4. Utah#306 · 1 in 1,354
  5. Idaho#317 · 1 in 1,243

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#14951 in 463
Oklahoma#263141 in 1,187
Alabama#297141 in 1,393
Utah#306131 in 1,354
Idaho#31751 in 1,243
Iowa#38971 in 1,928
Louisiana#398111 in 1,865
Missouri#416121 in 2,326
Connecticut#42461 in 2,440
Tennessee#442121 in 2,502
Ohio#446211 in 2,771
Pennsylvania#451201 in 2,763
Kentucky#46471 in 2,754
Arkansas#49951 in 2,365
Mississippi#50051 in 2,263
Indiana#502111 in 2,935
Oregon#52661 in 2,671
Minnesota#55371 in 3,628
New Jersey#601111 in 3,746
Michigan#611121 in 4,065
North Carolina#632111 in 3,949
Virginia#63591 in 3,962
Illinois#647171 in 4,040
Georgia#667121 in 4,034
Washington#68771 in 4,059
Wisconsin#70951 in 4,973
Texas#796311 in 5,030
Arizona#81471 in 4,637
California#888361 in 6,187
Florida#915121 in 6,418
New York#919151 in 6,459
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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 2002

girls
#639
398 births · 1 in 4,515 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #639Karli398
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 4,515 of them was named Karli, which outranked 96.5% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karli
  1. #636Haven401
  2. #637Antonia399
  3. #637Elaine399
  4. #639Karli398
  5. #640Keely397
  6. #640Micah397
  7. #640Nya397
Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

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

See the top 100 for 2002 →