Kali
#783 most common girls' name of all time · #1,417 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1957–2025
Rank among girls
#783
Rank overall
#1,417 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
33,438
Since 2016
11,657
Peak year
2019 #242
Best rank
#242 2019
Girls
Boys
peak 1,353/yr
Kali first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 948 | 24 | 972 | #323 |
| 2024 | 1,073 | 25 | 1,098 | #295 |
| 2023 | 1,072 | 29 | 1,101 | #290 |
| 2022 | 1,228 | 29 | 1,257 | #250 |
| 2021 | 1,123 | 43 | 1,166 | #285 |
| 2020 | 1,181 | 43 | 1,224 | #254 |
| 2019 | 1,312 | 41 | 1,353 | #242 |
| 2018 | 1,208 | 32 | 1,240 | #274 |
| 2017 | 1,089 | 37 | 1,126 | #302 |
| 2016 | 1,086 | 34 | 1,120 | #300 |
| 2015 | 1,187 | 30 | 1,217 | #267 |
| 2014 | 1,260 | 24 | 1,284 | #261 |
| 2013 | 872 | 21 | 893 | #363 |
| 2012 | 748 | 17 | 765 | #420 |
| 2011 | 602 | 7 | 609 | #493 |
| 2010 | 545 | 15 | 560 | #537 |
| 2009 | 602 | 14 | 616 | #501 |
| 2008 | 618 | 12 | 630 | #504 |
| 2007 | 668 | 14 | 682 | #488 |
| 2006 | 549 | 11 | 560 | #541 |
| 2005 | 554 | 8 | 562 | #526 |
| 2004 | 527 | 18 | 545 | #544 |
| 2003 | 494 | 18 | 512 | #566 |
| 2002 | 495 | 13 | 508 | #552 |
| 2001 | 592 | 19 | 611 | #469 |
| 2000 | 660 | 18 | 678 | #427 |
| 1999 | 763 | 13 | 776 | #375 |
| 1998 | 686 | 8 | 694 | #401 |
| 1997 | 800 | 13 | 813 | #348 |
| 1996 | 850 | 11 | 861 | #332 |
| 1995 | 756 | 7 | 763 | #348 |
| 1994 | 650 | 18 | 668 | #388 |
| 1993 | 595 | 15 | 610 | #420 |
| 1992 | 630 | 9 | 639 | #404 |
| 1991 | 560 | 12 | 572 | #453 |
| 1990 | 558 | 6 | 564 | #444 |
| 1989 | 472 | — | 472 | #498 |
| 1988 | 348 | 7 | 355 | #584 |
| 1987 | 346 | 11 | 357 | #574 |
| 1986 | 359 | 8 | 367 | #559 |
| 1985 | 329 | 9 | 338 | #591 |
| 1984 | 306 | 5 | 311 | #590 |
| 1983 | 206 | 7 | 213 | #778 |
| 1982 | 166 | — | 166 | #912 |
| 1981 | 129 | 12 | 141 | #1,087 |
| 1980 | 91 | 12 | 103 | #1,377 |
| 1979 | 53 | 19 | 72 | #1,969 |
| 1978 | 68 | 15 | 83 | #1,592 |
| 1977 | 61 | 13 | 74 | #1,712 |
| 1976 | 45 | 14 | 59 | #1,989 |
| 1975 | 62 | 12 | 74 | #1,601 |
| 1974 | 65 | 20 | 85 | #1,517 |
| 1973 | 34 | 11 | 45 | #2,299 |
| 1972 | 47 | 12 | 59 | #1,829 |
| 1971 | 61 | 10 | 71 | #1,585 |
| 1970 | 30 | 6 | 36 | #2,515 |
| 1969 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,585 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,032 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,004 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,772 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,320 |
| 1964 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,600 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,416 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,755 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,251 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,629 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,002 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,359 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,052 |