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How popular is the name Kali?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kalis are alive today.
Kali (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Cali in England and Wales, ranked 1229th in 2025 and given to 26 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2020, when 47 babies were given the name, the 771st most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Cali you are most likely to meet is around 6 years old. Half of all Calis born in England and Wales are between 5 and 17, and there are at least 1,600 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 Cali - on average, only one in every 197 such rooms contains a Cali.
How many babies are named Kali each year?
Includes all spellings: Kali, Cali. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Kali spelling rank?
Where does the Cali 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 Kali most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Cali, peaked in 2020, when 143 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Kali spelling itself peaked in 2020, with 47 babies.
How many people are called Kali?
At least 1,600 people named Kali in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kali?
Most living Kalis are between 5 and 17; the most common age is about 6.
Is Kali becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.