first name
KALI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,482 people named Kali, 62.9% reported their origin as White, 17.7% as Black and 8.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 97% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kali peaked in 2019, when 1,353 babies got the name.
At least 33,438 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Kali by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #587. The largest share of babies named Kali, 45%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Kali is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kali has been most common in Nevada (2.2×), Florida (1.7×), and Louisiana (1.6×), and least common in West Virginia (0.45×).
30,423 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Kali
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kali, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kali ranks #55,400 of 156,621, with 400 people. See Kali as a last name
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