Li**
#12,941 most common girls' name of all time · #21,402 across all names · 35% male / 65% female · used 1952–2023 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#12,941
Rank overall
#21,402 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
382
Since 2016
19
Peak year
2001 #11,210
Best rank
#4,992 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 23/yr
Li first appears in 1952. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2017 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #15,504 |
| 2007 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #12,866 |
| 2006 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #15,419 |
| 2005 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #11,097 |
| 2004 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,937 |
| 2003 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #10,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,287 |
| 2001 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #11,210 |
| 2000 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #10,958 |
| 1999 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,842 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,386 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,496 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,932 |
| 1995 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #7,668 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,842 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,190 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,797 |
| 1990 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #9,479 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,273 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,913 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,219 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,971 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,121 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,010 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,992 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,597 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,492 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,551 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,353 |