How popular is the name Kalli?

Kalli ranks 1,144th among girls' names in US records, with 14,195 births since 1952. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,297.

Is Kalli a unisex name?

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

2007, when 697 children were given the name. It has been in use for 73 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Calli, Calleigh, Callee, Kallee, Kalleigh, Kallea. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,144 of girl names

Pronounced K AE1 L L IY1 (ARPABET)

Kalli is a girls' name, and first appears in 1952. It has been given to 14,195 children — the 1,144th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 57% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2007, when 697 children were given it.

Six other spellings are counted in that total — Calli, Calleigh, Callee and three more — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Kalli 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 Kalli?: Kalli ranks 1,144th among girls' names in US records, with 14,195 births since 1952. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,297.
Is Kalli a unisex name?: No. Kalli is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kalli most popular?: 2007, when 697 children were given the name. It has been in use for 73 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kalli spelled?: Calli, Calleigh, Callee, Kallee, Kalleigh, Kallea. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.