girls:
30.5k births since 1957
#805 (86th percentile)
boys:
862 births since 1970
#3725 (19th percentile)
overall:
31.4k births since 1957
#1436 (81st percentile)
The name Kali is the #1,436 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 31,353 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 81.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #805 (85.9% percentile) for all time with 30,491 births since 1957. For boys, it ranks #3,725 (18.7% percentile) for all time with 862 births since 1970.
Kali first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for girls and 1970 for boys).
The name Kali has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kali reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 75.4% percentile (ranked #233) with 714 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 714 births per million (ranked 75.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kali ranks #275 for girls (71.0% percentile) with 609 births per million, which is 85.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kali reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #863) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kali ranks #887 for boys (2.6% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 68.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kali".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kali. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.8% confident that Kali is pronounced as KAH-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-lee, at 18.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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