Yali
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- YAH-lee
- Origin
- Chinese
Yali is a girls' name of Chinese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Yali come from?
Chinese: meaning depends on the characters, e.g. 雅丽 'elegant, beautiful'
Is Yali a girl's or a boy's name?
Yali is a girls' name.
How popular is Yali in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Yali in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yali in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
Names like Yali
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Navi, Samadhi, Aashvi, Anvi, Dhriti, Vaani, Nirvi, Khaleesi, Yashvi, Adhara, Zaya
Names related to Yali
More Chinese names
Lian, Jia, Mei, Tai, Tian, Jun, Mulan, Yi, Tao, San, Jian, Han, Mian, Bao, Xia, Lin
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, “Yali: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yali, updated 20 October 2026.