Bali
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BAH-lee
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Bali is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Bali mean?
Usually from the Indonesian island of Bali
Usually after the Indonesian island; in Hindu myth Bali is also a generous demon king, remembered at the festival of Onam.
Is Bali a girl's or a boy's name?
Bali is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bali in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Bali, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bali in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 780th in Scotland.
Bali in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Bali in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Bali, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had fewer girls named Bali than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Bali in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2022, 64% of the babies named Bali in the US were girls.
Bali in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Bali
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayah Zainab Ayra Hafsa Nusaybah Ayzal Rehmat Hiba Raya Irha Rahma
Names related to Bali
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bali: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bali, updated 20 October 2026.