Carli

girls:

8.9k births since 1957

#1725 (70th percentile)

boys:

5 births since 1994

#4581 (0th percentile)

overall:

8.9k births since 1957

#2868 (63rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Carli is the #2,868 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,872 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 62.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,725 (69.8% percentile) for all time with 8,867 births since 1957. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1994.

Carli first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Carli is available in 53 out of the 67 years between 1957 and 2023 (53 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Carli has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.

For girls, Carli reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 38.8% percentile (ranked #526) with 190 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 190 births per million (ranked 38.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1998, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Carli ranks #891 for girls (5.9% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 18.3% of its peak share of births.

For boys, Carli reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #776) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1994.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carli".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
8,867
Peak Births
365
Peak Year
1996
First Recorded
1957
Peak Percentile
38.8%
Current Percentile
5.9%
Peak Rank
#526
Current Rank
#891
Female statistics
Total Births
5
Peak Births
5
Peak Year
1994
First Recorded
1994
Peak Percentile
0.0%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#776
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Carli

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Carli. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 88.9% confident that Carli is pronounced as KAHR-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAHR-lai, at 11.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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88.9%
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11.1%
KAHR-lai (2 syllables)
11.1% confidence
K AA1 R L AY0

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