How rare is the name Karli?

9,703 people in the United States have the first name Karli, about 1 in 31,128. It ranks #2,509 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KARLI

#2,509

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,703
About
1 in 31,128
This common or more
80%
Who bears it

Of the 9,703 people named Karli, 83.9% reported their origin as White, 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.3% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Karli peaked in 1994, when 425 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
1994
Births that year
425
In 2025*
64 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,960 babies have been given the name since 1961. 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.

Karli by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,153. The largest share of babies named Karli, 48.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#11,94422
1970s#4,041306
1980s#1,8481,327
1990s#1,1533,666
2000s#1,3953,440
2010s#2,4311,727
2020s#4,171472
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–803.4%
Millennials 1981–9634.1%
Generation Z 1997–1248.6%
2013 and later13.8%

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 Karli is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karli has been most common in Utah (4.2×), Louisiana (2.2×), and Idaho (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.2×).

8,356 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 Karli

#2,507 Benson · 9,711#2,507 Mimi · 9,711#2,510 Willian · 9,695#2,511 Zainab · 9,692

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karli, most common first.

#499 Karla · 113,141#700 Karl · 73,518#2,458 Karly · 10,043#2,560 Karlie · 9,445#10,543 Karlo · 1,257#24,232 Kareli · 399#27,750 Karle · 328#34,642 Karlei · 235

Also a last name

As a last name, Karli ranks #95,069 of 156,621, with 206 people. See Karli as a last name

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