Carli Girl
How popular is Carli?
#3,388 girl name in 2025
45 baby girls were named Carli in the US in 2025, making it the 3388th most popular girl name.
Carli popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,388 for girls (▼ 375 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 45 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-70% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,520 in 2015, #1,649 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1996 (365 girls) |
| Highest rank | #622 in 1996 |
| First recorded | 1957 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Carli counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carly family of names ranked #295 for girls in 2025 (#272 the year before), with 1,113 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carly | 248 | 22% |
| Karlee | 103 | 9% |
| Karlie | 85 | 8% |
| Carlee | 101 | 9% |
| Carlie | 65 | 6% |
| Karleigh | 45 | 4% |
| Carleigh | 67 | 6% |
| Carley | 63 | 6% |
| Karely | 74 | 7% |
| Karley | 46 | 4% |
| Karly | 66 | 6% |
| Karli | 64 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Carli is most popular
Babies named Carli per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Missouri: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
Carli by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1970s | 351 | #1,596 |
| 1980s | 1,252 | #979 |
| 1990s | 3,034 | #622 |
| 2000s | 2,506 | #742 |
| 2010s | 1,399 | #1,223 |
| 2020s | 419 | #1,649 |
Girl names about as popular as Carli
Questions
- Is Carli a boy or girl name?
- Carli is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Carli were girls.
- How popular is the name Carli?
- 45 baby girls were named Carli in the US in 2025, making it the 3388th most popular girl name.
- When was Carli most popular?
- Carli peaked in 1996, when 365 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #622 in 1996.
- How many people are named Carli?
- 8,972 babies have been named Carli in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,838 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Carli most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Carli was most common in Missouri, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.