Kalii
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAH-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Kalii is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
Where does Kalii come from?
Modern: modern spelling of Kali or Callie
Is Kalii a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalii is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalii in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Kalii, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Kalii than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kalii in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,005 girls in the US were given Kalii or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #336, up from #6,324 for this spelling alone.
Kalii in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
Names like Kalii
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kehlani, Kaylani, Kailani, Kalani, Malani, Klani, Naylani, Meilani, Nailani, Noa, Kylani, Ilani
Other spellings of Kalii
Names related to Kalii
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kalii: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalii, updated 20 October 2026.