Kareli
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-REH-lee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Kareli is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
Where does Kareli come from?
Modern: spelling of Karely; Spanish-language coinage like Yarely and Nayely
Meaning borrowed from Karely.
Is Kareli a girl's or a boy's name?
Kareli is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kareli in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,974th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 130% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Kareli, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had the most girls named Kareli of any year since it first appeared, in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Kareli in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 110 girls in the US were given Kareli or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,589, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
- Karely 74
- Kareli 36
Kareli in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,471 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Kareli
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani, Kennedy, Kamari, Khaleesi, Kaliyah, Yaneli, Jaylani, Kiari, Elani, Kensley, Kailani, Brynlee
Other spellings of Kareli
Names related to Kareli
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Kareli: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kareli, updated 20 October 2026.