girls:
251 births since 1952
#5465 (4th percentile)
boys:
132 births since 1976
#4454 (3rd percentile)
overall:
383 births since 1952
#7356 (5th percentile)
The name Li is the #7,356 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 383 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 4.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,465 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 251 births since 1952. For boys, it ranks #4,454 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 132 births since 1976.
Li first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for girls and 1976 for boys). Birth data for Li is available in 37 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023 (29 years for girls and 18 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 Li has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (65.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Li were girls.
For girls, Li reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #813) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1983, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2009.
For boys, Li reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #815) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Li ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 45.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Li".
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