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Bali

#7,547 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Diminutive of Balázs or Bálint

Bali has been given to 254 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #7,547 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 25 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.

Babies named Bali, 2025

1 in 237,000

Bali over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010203018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Bali over time

In 2025, Bali went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19952025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Bali: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Balázs or Bálint

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bali means

Bali is a diminutive of Balázs or Bálint.

Origin, language, and formation

Bali is used in Hungarian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Balázs and Bálint.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Hungarian, Bali is pronounced [ˈbɒli].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 212 girls were recorded with the name Bali between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2021; its best national rank was #5,106 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,688 in 2020 to #7,547 in 2025.

In the United States, 42 boys were recorded with the name Bali between 2019 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2022; its best national rank was #6,520 in 2022.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bali?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 115,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,547
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bali sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bali. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Balis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bali was born before 2020 — so the typical Bali is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
59.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
212
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 59.4% of all recorded uses (126).

Is Bali rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,346
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,859
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
56.0%
Peak was 2021 (25)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,106
2021

Spellings of Bali

Bali is not the most common spelling — Kari is, with 8.5% against Bali's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Bali around the world

Where Bali ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2024
    #4,193
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    2024–2025
    #780
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland. ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Bali by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,547
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,859
Best rank ever
#5,106
2021
Peak year
2021
25 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
212
Count in 2025
14

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,520
2022
Peak year
2022
13 that year
First recorded
2019
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
42
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Bali

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

GaliDaliItaliNaliAmaliIdaliBaleyLaliNovaliValiLayaliRosaliMaliTaliAdaliKamaliYoaliYaliBalieLoraliIyaliZaliAnnaliKhali

Sibling names for Bali

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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