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Lali

#16,242 in 2025Girls' name

Star, through Citlali

Lali has been given to 47 babies in the U.S. since 2007. In 2025 it ranked #16,242 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Lali, 2025

1 in 663,000

Lali over time, 1880–2025

Girls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lali: meaning, origin, and history

Star, through Citlali

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lali means

Lali belongs to the name family reached through Lali → Citlali. Its meaning is “star”.

Origin, language, and formation

Lali is used in Atayal and Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Citlali.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Lali is pronounced /ˈlali/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 47 girls were recorded with the name Lali between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2008; its best national rank was #11,253 in 2008.

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 Lali?

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
#16,242
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Lali 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 Lali. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lalis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lali was born before 2011 — so the typical Lali is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
44.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
47
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 44.7% of all recorded uses (21).

Is Lali 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
50.0%
Peak was 2008 (10)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
58.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#11,253
2008

Spellings of Lali

Lali is not the most common spelling — Lori is, with 17.0% against Lali's <0.01%.

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.

Lali around the world

Where Lali 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
    2012–2012
    #5,876
    in 2012
  • France
    1999–2025
    #4,849
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    1985–2007
    #803
    in 2007

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Lali by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,242
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#11,253
2008
Peak year
2008
10 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
47
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Lali

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

LaleLalehNaliIyaliDaliGaliJaliBaliLaliaZaliLalanaLalahLalYaliOdaliMaaliItaliLaliahAraliLalisaKealiLalaniKetzaliLala

Sibling names for Lali

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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