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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #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 2008

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,130 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,358 girlsILWisconsin: #859 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,010 girlsWIMichigan: #700 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,042 girlsMINew York: #1,288 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 8,685 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedRIOregon: #601 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,765 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: #425 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,933 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedINOhio: #942 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,265 girlsOHPennsylvania: #664 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,953 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,500 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 12,071 girlsCAUtah: #383 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,648 girlsUTColorado: #721 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,500 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedNEMissouri: #539 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,676 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #224 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 861 girlsWVVirginia: #842 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,702 girlsVAMaryland: 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: #514 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,305 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedARTennessee: #724 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,024 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,030 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,010 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #774 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,840 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #495 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,180 girlsOKLouisiana: #443 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,022 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedMSAlabama: #694 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,497 girlsALGeorgia: #805 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,402 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karli, so not publishedHITexas: #868 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 5,082 girlsTXFlorida: #1,108 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,174 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#224 · 1 in 861
  2. Utah#383 · 1 in 1,648
  3. Iowa#425 · 1 in 1,933
  4. Louisiana#443 · 1 in 2,022
  5. Oklahoma#495 · 1 in 2,180

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#22481 in 861
Utah#383121 in 1,648
Iowa#42571 in 1,933
Louisiana#443101 in 2,022
Oklahoma#49581 in 2,180
Kansas#51461 in 2,305
Missouri#539111 in 2,676
Oregon#60161 in 2,765
Pennsylvania#664141 in 3,953
Alabama#69461 in 3,497
Michigan#700111 in 4,042
Colorado#72171 in 3,500
Tennessee#72481 in 4,024
South Carolina#77451 in 3,840
Georgia#805121 in 4,402
Virginia#84281 in 4,702
Wisconsin#85951 in 5,010
Texas#868331 in 5,082
Ohio#94291 in 6,265
North Carolina#1,03081 in 6,010
Florida#1,108121 in 7,174
Illinois#1,13091 in 7,358
New York#1,288111 in 8,685
California#1,500191 in 12,071
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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 2008

girls
#898
309 births · 1 in 6,120 girls

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #898Karli309
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 6,120 of them was named Karli, which outranked 95.6% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karli
  1. #895Lailah310
  2. #895Magdalena310
  3. #895Yamilet310
  4. #898Karli309
  5. #898Jewel309
  6. #898Mckinley309
  7. #901Carina308
  8. #901Mira308
  9. #903Brynlee307

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

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

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

See the top 100 for 2008 →