Carli — #3050 US girls' name
8,921 babies named Carli in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Carli was born in this single decade.
365 babies were named Carli in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carli
The Social Security Administration has registered 8,921 babies named Carli between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Carli currently holds the #3050 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 365 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carli performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,034 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Carli shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 778 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Carli in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carli in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 8,921 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Carli at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Carli popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1957
- Peak year (1996)
- 365
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
Currently ranks #3050 among girls.
8,921 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 365 births in a single year.
Carli popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1994 (Carli as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Carli accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Carli by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 3,034 births that decade — 34% of Carli's all-time total
Carli decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,034 births
- Runner-up 2,506 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Carli's strongest decade
3,034 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Carli by state
Where Carli concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 778 | 8.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 638 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 524 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 388 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 373 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 371 | 4.2% |
| #7 | New York | | 316 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 276 | 3.1% |
778 of 8,921 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.7% of nationwide
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.9% of nationwide
- Florida 4.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 39 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Carli appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.