Girls' name · since 2009

Kalii

Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 202 babies named Kalii, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#19,711 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,499 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
202
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Kalii is the #6499 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 202 recorded since 2009.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalii has been recorded 202 times among girls since 2009, currently ranked #6499 nationally and more common than 62% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.

  • #19,711 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #6,499 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 202 born since 2009
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalii ranks #19,711 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,499 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 202 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.

#19,711 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,499 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
202
born since 2009
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%62.4%
Kalii vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kalii's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kalii compares

202 37th 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

Kalii's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kalii Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 202 376 567,345
Peak-year births 21 21 19,840

Kalii's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Kalii splits its recorded history at 2018: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Kalii popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2020)
21
Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
0510152025 200920122014201620182020202220242025 18

Kalii by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (100 births, 50% of the file).

2010s was Kalii's strongest decade.

100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.

Kalii births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 100 births (50% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kalii?
Kalii has been given to 202 babies in the U.S. since 2009, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #19,711 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #6,499 of 17,297. 21 babies were born in 2020, its single highest year.
Where does Kalii sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalii ranks #19,711 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,499 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kalii most popular?
Kalii was most popular in the 2010s decade with 100 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Kalii been used?
Records for Kalii go back to 2009, giving 17 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Kalii?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kali, Kaleigh, Kaley, Kaliyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kalii's data

  • Kalii's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (100 total births) through the 2020s (94) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Kalii

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kalii: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2009–2025 (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 Kalii 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.