Gali

#8,029 in 2025Girls' name

My wave

Gali has been given to 178 babies in the U.S. since 2000. In 2025 it ranked #8,029 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Gali, 2025

1 in 255,000

Gali over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gali: meaning, origin, and history

My wave

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gali means

Gali means “my wave”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 178 girls were recorded with the name Gali between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2023; its best national rank was #8,029 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,543 in 2020 to #8,029 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #15,134 in 2015 to #8,029 in 2025.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Gali?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 124,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #8,029; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gali 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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gali. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Galis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gali was born before 2017 — so the typical Gali is around 8 today.

Median birth year: 2017; About 8 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 37.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 97.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 178; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 37.6% of all recorded uses (67).

Is Gali 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: +1,764; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,514; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +7,105; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.17×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2023 (13)
Years since peak: 2; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,029; 2025

Spellings of Gali

Gali is not the most common spelling — Gail is, with 20.2% against Gali's 0.02%.

Gail20.2%201,746
Gayle6.2%61,357
Kari6.0%59,696
Tami3.8%37,927
Talia3.4%34,154
Kali3.3%32,527
Malia3.2%31,606
Cali2.3%23,342

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.

Where Gali is used

Across 1910–2025, Gali was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,829,369 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Gali has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Gali around the world

Where Gali 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.

France
2019–2025
#3,341
in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Gali by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #8,029
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,514
Best rank ever: #8,029; 2025
Peak year: 2023; 13 that year
First recorded: 2000
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 178
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Gali

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

Galit Gal Dali Bali Galena Galia Nali Itali Galina Galaxy Amali Idali Gala Lali Vali Galya Novali Kamali Yali Galen Layali Galyn Rosali Mali

Sibling names for Gali

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Leonor Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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