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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #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 2003

  • 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: #515 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,624 girlsWAIdaho: #289 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,064 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #529 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,239 girlsMNIllinois: #661 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,076 girlsILWisconsin: #621 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,187 girlsWIMichigan: #1,071 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,182 girlsMINew York: #1,058 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 7,547 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: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedIAIndiana: #650 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,051 girlsINOhio: #491 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,067 girlsOHPennsylvania: #613 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,037 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,348 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 11,333 girlsCAUtah: #304 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,290 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedCONebraska: #324 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,382 girlsNEMissouri: #462 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,588 girlsMOKentucky: #592 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,940 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedWVVirginia: #881 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,006 girlsVAMaryland: #672 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,041 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedDEArizona: #856 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,817 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedKSArkansas: #313 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,324 girlsARTennessee: #585 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,378 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #946 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,214 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #657 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,327 girlsOKLouisiana: #512 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,596 girlsLAMississippi: #387 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,648 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedALGeorgia: #815 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,974 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedHITexas: #806 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 5,099 girlsTXFlorida: #1,102 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,982 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Idaho#289 · 1 in 1,064
  2. Utah#304 · 1 in 1,290
  3. Arkansas#313 · 1 in 1,324
  4. Nebraska#324 · 1 in 1,382
  5. Mississippi#387 · 1 in 1,648

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#28961 in 1,064
Utah#304141 in 1,290
Arkansas#31391 in 1,324
Nebraska#32461 in 1,382
Mississippi#38771 in 1,648
Missouri#462111 in 2,588
Ohio#491191 in 3,067
Louisiana#51281 in 2,596
Washington#515111 in 2,624
Minnesota#52981 in 3,239
Tennessee#58591 in 3,378
Kentucky#59251 in 3,940
Pennsylvania#613141 in 4,037
Wisconsin#62161 in 4,187
Indiana#65081 in 4,051
Oklahoma#65751 in 3,327
Illinois#661171 in 4,076
Maryland#67261 in 4,041
Texas#806311 in 5,099
Georgia#815101 in 4,974
Arizona#85671 in 4,817
Virginia#88161 in 6,006
North Carolina#94671 in 6,214
New York#1,058131 in 7,547
Michigan#1,07161 in 8,182
Florida#1,102101 in 7,982
California#1,348201 in 11,333
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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 2003

girls
#764
324 births · 1 in 5,639 girls

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #764Karli324
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 5,639 of them was named Karli, which outranked 95.9% of the 18,439 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. #761Meadow326
  2. #761Taniyah326
  3. #763Lilliana325
  4. #764Karli324
  5. #764Alize324
  6. #764Devon324
  7. #764Emerson324
  8. #769Aliya323
  9. #769Donna323
  10. #771Chaya321

Tied with 4 names at #764; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →