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How popular is the name Dali?
Births per year, rank history and how many Dalis are alive today.
Dali (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Dolly in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 13 babies were given the name, the 2073rd most popular that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2025 figure is roughly 23% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Dolly you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Dollies born in England and Wales are between 5 and 12, and there are at least 3,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dolly - on average, only one in every 102 such rooms contains a Dolly.
How many babies are named Dali each year?
Includes all spellings: Dali, Dollie, Dolly. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dali spelling rank?
Where does the Dollie spelling rank?
Where does the Dolly spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dali most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Dolly, peaked in 2014, when 235 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Dali spelling itself peaked in 2021, with 13 babies.
How many people are called Dali?
At least 3,100 people named Dali in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dali?
Most living Dalis are between 5 and 12; the most common age is about 11.
Is Dali becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak.