Unisex name · since 1995
Bali
Bali has 212 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,199 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,691 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bali is the #7691 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 212 recorded since 1995.
Social Security Administration records show Bali recorded 212 times among girls since 1995, holding rank #7691 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #19,199 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,691 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 212 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bali ranks #19,199 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,691 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 212 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,199 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,691 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bali's 212 recorded births place it above 73.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bali compares
212 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bali's all-time total is 44% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bali | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 212 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bali's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bali splits its recorded history at 2017: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bali popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Bali popularity over time - boys
42 total births recorded since 2019 (Bali as boys' name)
Bali by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (126 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Bali's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Bali births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s 49
2010s
49 births
- 2020s
2020s
126 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 126 births (59% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1995–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bali draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.