Kali
#323 for girls in 2025, 948 births · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to girls 97.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 1,312 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 32,527since 1957
Kali over time
Rank among girls' names. Kali has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #323 | 948 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #295 | 1,073 | #4,200 | 25 |
| 2023 | #290 | 1,072 | #3,802 | 29 |
| 2022 | #250 | 1,228 | #3,774 | 29 |
| 2021 | #284 | 1,123 | #2,862 | 43 |
| 2020 | #253 | 1,181 | #2,806 | 43 |
| 2019 | #241 | 1,312 | #2,943 | 41 |
| 2018 | #274 | 1,208 | #3,446 | 32 |
| 2017 | #302 | 1,089 | #3,123 | 37 |
| 2016 | #300 | 1,086 | #3,293 | 34 |
| 2015 | #267 | 1,187 | #3,591 | 30 |
| 2014 | #261 | 1,260 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #363 | 872 | #4,463 | 21 |
| 2012 | #420 | 748 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #493 | 602 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #537 | 545 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #501 | 602 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #504 | 618 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #486 | 668 | #5,901 | 14 |
| 2006 | #541 | 549 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #526 | 554 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #543 | 527 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #562 | 494 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #552 | 495 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #469 | 592 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #425 | 660 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #375 | 763 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #400 | 686 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #348 | 800 | #4,668 | 13 |
| 1996 | #332 | 850 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #348 | 756 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #388 | 650 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #420 | 595 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #403 | 630 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #453 | 560 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #444 | 558 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #497 | 472 | — | |
| 1988 | #584 | 348 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #573 | 346 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #559 | 359 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #591 | 329 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #589 | 306 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #774 | 206 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #910 | 166 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,082 | 129 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #1,373 | 91 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #1,952 | 53 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #1,581 | 68 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #1,701 | 61 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #1,968 | 45 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #1,586 | 62 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #1,499 | 65 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #1,804 | 47 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #1,575 | 61 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kali! It came in at #5,377, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1960–1963, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Kali is popular in 2007
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alaska#121 · 1 in 336
- North Dakota#174 · 1 in 519
- Maine#179 · 1 in 624
- Oklahoma#186 · 1 in 774
- Montana#194 · 1 in 572
Best ever in a state: #54 in Mississippi, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #121 | 7 | 1 in 336 |
| North Dakota | #174 | 5 | 1 in 519 |
| Maine | #179 | 7 | 1 in 624 |
| Oklahoma | #186 | 23 | 1 in 774 |
| Montana | #194 | 5 | 1 in 572 |
| South Dakota | #217 | 5 | 1 in 651 |
| Missouri | #245 | 26 | 1 in 1,140 |
| Nebraska | #267 | 8 | 1 in 1,046 |
| Kentucky | #283 | 16 | 1 in 1,280 |
| Minnesota | #284 | 22 | 1 in 1,218 |
| Utah | #285 | 17 | 1 in 1,154 |
| Tennessee | #293 | 24 | 1 in 1,356 |
| Oregon | #295 | 14 | 1 in 1,198 |
| Arkansas | #317 | 10 | 1 in 1,249 |
| Indiana | #324 | 22 | 1 in 1,506 |
| Iowa | #327 | 10 | 1 in 1,394 |
| Maryland | #332 | 17 | 1 in 1,511 |
| West Virginia | #334 | 5 | 1 in 1,407 |
| Wisconsin | #352 | 15 | 1 in 1,700 |
| Kansas | #366 | 9 | 1 in 1,563 |
| Massachusetts | #378 | 14 | 1 in 1,982 |
| Ohio | #380 | 29 | 1 in 1,978 |
| Pennsylvania | #384 | 28 | 1 in 2,005 |
| Louisiana | #400 | 12 | 1 in 1,764 |
| Mississippi | #435 | 7 | 1 in 1,821 |
| North Carolina | #462 | 21 | 1 in 2,291 |
| Connecticut | #463 | 6 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Michigan | #476 | 17 | 1 in 2,689 |
| Arizona | #513 | 16 | 1 in 2,373 |
| Alabama | #517 | 9 | 1 in 2,371 |
| South Carolina | #536 | 8 | 1 in 2,369 |
| California | #593 | 69 | 1 in 3,424 |
| Washington | #618 | 10 | 1 in 3,129 |
| Colorado | #630 | 8 | 1 in 3,108 |
| Florida | #640 | 24 | 1 in 3,720 |
| Virginia | #651 | 11 | 1 in 3,497 |
| Texas | #662 | 46 | 1 in 3,677 |
| Georgia | #696 | 15 | 1 in 3,615 |
| Illinois | #915 | 12 | 1 in 5,644 |
| New York | #1,074 | 14 | 1 in 6,982 |
| New Jersey | #1,207 | 5 | 1 in 8,240 |
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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 Kali
- 28 spots since 2024 (#295 → #323)
- 70 spots since 2020 (#253 → #323)
- 56 spots since 2015 (#267 → #323)
- Biggest jump: 185 spots in 1984 (#774 → #589)
- Biggest drop: 83 spots in 2002 (#469 → #552)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2019 at #241 (1,312 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 44 yrs · run 1982–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,279 girls born in 2019 were named Kali (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,695 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 30.5% of all girls named Kali (9,909) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 21 | #4,625 (1959) | #4,964 |
| 1960s | 87 | #3,461 (1969) | #4,967 |
| 1970s | 526 | #1,499 (1974) | #1,838 |
| 1980s | 2,752 | #497 (1989) | #753 |
| 1990s | 6,848 | #332 (1996) | #391 |
| 2000s | 5,759 | #425 (2000) | #511 |
| 2010s | 9,909 | #241 (2019) | #346 |
| 2020s | 6,625 | #250 (2022) | #283 |
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.
Kali in 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 2,878 of them was named Kali, which outranked 97.6% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 148,244 of them was named Kali, which outranked 59.0% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,661Yuriel15
- #5,661Zackaria15
- #5,661Zaul15
- #5,901Kali14
- #5,901Abdias14
- #5,901Abdikadir14
- #5,901Abdou14
- #6,262Aadarsh13
- #6,262Aahan13
- #6,262Aariz13
Tied with 360 names at #5,901; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.