Khali
#3,804 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Khali has been given to 2,087 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #3,804 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 115 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% girls, 34% boys all-time.
Babies named Khali, 2025
1 in 85,000
Khali over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Khali over time
In 2025, Khali went to 72% girls and 28% boys.
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.
How common is Khali?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 85,000
- 39 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 41,200
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #3,804
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 58,922 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Khali sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 58,922 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Khali. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Khalis were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Khali was born before 2017 — so the typical Khali is around 8 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 52.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 93.4%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,387
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 52.8% of all recorded uses (733).
Is Khali 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
- −79
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,867
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,770
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.40×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 33.9%
- Peak was 2018 (115)
- Years since peak
- 7
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 22.9% average annual change
Spellings of Khali
Khali is not the most common spelling — Kelli is, with 17.4% against Khali's 0.32%.
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 Khali is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Khali was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 5,556 girls, against 1 in 25,318 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Louisiana1 in 5,556
- 2Georgia1 in 8,333
- 3Mississippi1 in 9,091
- 4Alabama1 in 12,500
- 5Texas1 in 20,000
- 6Florida1 in 25,000
- 7South Carolina1 in 25,000
- 8California1 in 33,333
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.
Where Khali is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Khali was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,068,819 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2North Carolina1 in —
- 3Texas1 in —
- 4Virginia1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Khali has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Khali around the world
Where Khali 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 & Wales2015–2015#5,730in 2015
- Canada2007–2023#3,391in 2023
- South Australia1981–2013#818in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Khali by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Khali
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Khali
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.