Kalli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAL-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Kalli is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
What does Kalli mean?
Greek: spelling of Callie; pet form of Calliope or Callista, also used for Caroline
“beautiful”
Began as a short form of longer names such as Calliope, Callista and Caroline before being used on its own.
Meaning borrowed from Callie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kalli a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalli in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Kalli, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kalli in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 478 girls in the UK were given Kalli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #135, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Kalli in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 2 | #7,588 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Kalli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,957th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56 about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Kalli, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,580th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 259 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the girls named Kalli in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,681 girls in the US were given Kalli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #126, up from #2,957 for this spelling alone.
Kalli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,928 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,296 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,580 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,428 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 105 | #1,917 |
| 2016 | 91 | #2,129 |
| 2015 | 101 | #1,972 |
| 2014 | 116 | #1,774 |
| 2013 | 119 | #1,737 |
| 2012 | 165 | #1,396 |
| 2011 | 165 | #1,382 |
| 2010 | 154 | #1,468 |
| 2009 | 171 | #1,383 |
| 2008 | 207 | #1,222 |
| 2007 | 259 | #1,019 |
| 2006 | 160 | #1,415 |
| 2005 | 133 | #1,539 |
| 2004 | 146 | #1,422 |
| 2003 | 146 | #1,374 |
| 2002 | 160 | #1,242 |
| 2001 | 146 | #1,310 |
| 2000 | 150 | #1,286 |
| 1999 | 183 | #1,086 |
| 1998 | 136 | #1,304 |
| 1997 | 151 | #1,197 |
| 1996 | 131 | #1,309 |
| 1995 | 134 | #1,258 |
| 1994 | 122 | #1,361 |
| 1993 | 110 | #1,449 |
| 1992 | 135 | #1,262 |
| 1991 | 113 | #1,416 |
| 1990 | 142 | #1,194 |
| 1989 | 103 | #1,432 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,767 |
| 1987 | 62 | #1,859 |
| 1986 | 79 | #1,538 |
| 1985 | 53 | #2,020 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
Nicknames for Kalli
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kalli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Keira, Eden, Cadi, Lainey, Lexi, Heidi, Chloe, Caitlin, Lara, Erin, Riley
Other spellings of Kalli
Callie, Cali, Kallie, Cally, Calli, Kalleigh, Calie, Callee, Calley, Kallee, Kalley, Kally
Names related to Kalli
Kali, Kalia, Kalila, Kaliah, Kalilah, Kaliya, Kaeli, Kaleia, Khali
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Kalli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalli, updated 20 October 2026.