Kalki

#16,047 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Possibly time, age

Kalki has been given to 61 babies in the U.S. since 2016. In 2025 it ranked #16,047 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.

Babies named Kalki, 2025

1 in 663,000

Kalki over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Kalki went to 42% girls and 58% boys.

20162025

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.

Kalki: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly time, age

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kalki means

Kalki may mean “time, age”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 48 girls were recorded with the name Kalki between 2016 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2023; its best national rank was #12,764 in 2024.

In the United States, 13 boys were recorded with the name Kalki between 2021 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2025; its best national rank was #10,180 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 Kalki?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #16,047; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kalki 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kalki. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kalkis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kalki was born before 2022 — so the typical Kalki is around 3 today.

Median birth year: 2022; About 3 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 64.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 48; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 64.6% of all recorded uses (31).

Is Kalki 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: −3,283; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 71.4%; Peak was 2023 (7)
Years since peak: 2; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #12,764; 2024

Spellings of Kalki

Kalki is not the most common spelling — Kelli is, with 17.0% against Kalki's 0.01%.

Kelli17.0%74,891
Kari13.6%59,696
Kali7.4%32,527
Cali5.3%23,342
Kaley3.1%13,682
Kallie2.9%12,683
Karli2.5%10,960
Ali2.4%10,505

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.

Kalki around the world

Where Kalki 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
2024–2024
#4,844
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Kalki by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #16,047
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #12,764; 2024
Peak year: 2023; 7 that year
First recorded: 2016
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 48
Count in 2025: 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,180
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #10,180; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 7 that year
First recorded: 2021
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 13
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Kalki

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

Kalai Kaliea Kalyla Kalyah Kalesi Kalii Kaleea Kaliopi Kalylah Kaleaha Kalonni Kalis Kalany Kalaia Kalla Kalon Kalanni Kalyce Kallia Kalypso Milki Kaleiya Kalita Kalaiah

Sibling names for Kalki

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 Shyann Halie Allyssa Sydni Sydnie Rhianna

For a brother

Aaden Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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