How popular is the name Kali?

Kali ranks 510th among girls' names in US records, with 54,860 births since 1898. Over the past decade it accounts for 21,919.

Is Kali a unisex name?

No. Kali is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2019, when 2,527 children were given the name. It has been in use for 127 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Cali, Collie, Kahley. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#510 of girl names

Pronounced K AA1 L IY0 (ARPABET)

Kali is a girls' name, and first appears in 1898. It has been given to 54,860 children — the 510th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 42% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2019, when 2,527 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Cali, Collie and Kahley — because they are pronounced identically.

20192,527

These spellings sound identical to Kali and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kali?: Kali ranks 510th among girls' names in US records, with 54,860 births since 1898. Over the past decade it accounts for 21,919.
Is Kali a unisex name?: No. Kali is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kali most popular?: 2019, when 2,527 children were given the name. It has been in use for 127 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kali spelled?: Cali, Collie, Kahley. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.