Kili — unisex name
117 babies named Kili in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
117 girls have been named Kili since 1977, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2017.
- 117
- total births
- 1977–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Kili was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Kili in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kili
The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Kili between 1977 and 2017, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kili currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Kili is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 2015.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kili performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kili shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kili 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 117 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.
Kili at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kili popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1977
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
117 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 12 births in a single year.
Kili popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 2015 (Kili as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kili accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kili by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 50 births that decade — 43% of Kili's all-time total
Kili decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kili's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1977–2017 (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.