How Many People Are Named Karli?
An estimated 10,602 people in the United States have the first name Karli. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Karli peaked in popularity in 1994 with 425 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Karli as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Karli paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
10,602
About 1 in 32,329 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
1994
425 births
Total Registered
10,894
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Karli
Karli is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 10,894 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Karli as a female name
Ranked #2,981 in 2024
55 female births in 2024
Peak: 1994 (425 births)
Karli: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Karli span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 3,666 babies were registered. Karli has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Karli by Decade
How has Karli tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Karli by State
Birth registrations for Karli span all 42 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Ohio. The lowest are in Montana, Hawaii, North Dakota. On average, about 198 Karlis were registered per state.
Karli + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Karli as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Karli
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Karli: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Karli?
We estimate approximately 10,602 people named Karli are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 32,329 Americans share this first name.
Is Karli a common name?
Karli is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 97.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 10,894 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Karli most popular?
Karli reached peak popularity in 1994, when 425 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Karli is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Karli a female name?
Karli is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Karli Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Karli Smith, Karli Johnson, Karli Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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