Karli Girl
How popular is Karli?
#2,691 girl name in 2025
64 baby girls were named Karli in the US in 2025, making it the 2691st most popular girl name.
Karli popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,691 for girls (▲ 285 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 64 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,287 in 2015, #1,883 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1994 (425 girls) |
| Highest rank | #559 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1961 |
| 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 |
Karli 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 Karli is most popular
Babies named Karli per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Mississippi: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (42 girls)
Karli by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22 | #5,808 |
| 1970s | 306 | #1,857 |
| 1980s | 1,327 | #892 |
| 1990s | 3,666 | #559 |
| 2000s | 3,440 | #635 |
| 2010s | 1,727 | #933 |
| 2020s | 472 | #1,883 |
Girl names about as popular as Karli
Questions
- Is Karli a boy or girl name?
- Karli is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Karli were girls.
- How popular is the name Karli?
- 64 baby girls were named Karli in the US in 2025, making it the 2691st most popular girl name.
- When was Karli most popular?
- Karli peaked in 1994, when 425 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #559 in 1994.
- How many people are named Karli?
- 10,960 babies have been named Karli in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,804 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Karli most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karli was most common in Louisiana, at 0.1 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.