Chali — unisex name
15 babies named Chali in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
15 girls have been named Chali since 1973, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1992.
- 15
- total births
- 1973–1992
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Chali was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Chali in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Chali
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Chali between 1973 and 1992, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Chali currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Chali is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2017.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Chali performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Chali shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Chali 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 15 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.
Chali at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Chali popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1973
- Peak year (1973)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
15 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 5 births in a single year.
Chali popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2017 (Chali as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Chali accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Chali by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 5 births that decade — 33% of Chali's all-time total
Chali decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Chali's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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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, 1973–1992 (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.