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Karli

“man, husband, freeman”

Language contexts for this entry: English, Danish, Finnish and 2 more

masculinefeminineunisexLatin script

No sourced pronunciation yet

Origin: Not established
5 language contexts: English Danish Finnish +2 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Karli

Karli is a unisex given name documented in English, Danish, Finnish and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Karl, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “man, husband, freeman”.

2 source accounts

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “man, husband, freeman”

A spelling variant of Carly.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: KarliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: KarliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: KarliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: KarliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: KarliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): Karl (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (en): Karli (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

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French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedVariante de Karel.

Variante de Karel.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: KarliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Karli is used

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countries in our sources

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7 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 64 girls (rank 2691). Documented as a given name in English.

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4 of 14 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Karli

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2025: 64; applications; Rank #2,691
Peak year: 1994; 425 applications

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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

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Karli in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	5	6,567	observed
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	6	5,891	observed
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	6	5,809	observed
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	5	7,471	observed
1970	8	5,818	observed
1971	5	8,324	observed
1972	13	4,300	observed
1973	23	2,914	observed
1974	46	1,881	observed
1975	39	2,169	observed
1976	35	2,334	observed
1977	36	2,423	observed
1978	44	2,125	observed
1979	57	1,857	observed
1980	59	1,833	observed
1981	78	1,528	observed
1982	127	1,107	observed
1983	97	1,272	observed
1984	135	1,044	observed
1985	134	1,081	observed
1986	144	1,047	observed
1987	181	917	observed
1988	196	892	observed
1989	176	982	observed
1990	206	924	observed
1991	327	664	observed
1992	407	573	observed
1993	353	636	observed
1994	425	559	observed
1995	380	595	observed
1996	374	611	observed
1997	416	565	observed
1998	406	596	observed
1999	372	633	observed
2000	394	635	observed
2001	359	692	observed
2002	398	639	observed
2003	324	764	observed
2004	390	694	observed
2005	399	694	observed
2006	311	858	observed
2007	289	934	observed
2008	309	898	observed
2009	267	992	observed
2010	277	933	observed
2011	213	1,150	observed
2012	200	1,214	observed
2013	166	1,391	observed
2014	192	1,257	observed
2015	187	1,287	observed
2016	148	1,523	observed
2017	135	1,607	observed
2018	112	1,813	observed
2019	97	1,986	observed
2020	102	1,883	observed
2021	88	2,131	observed
2022	85	2,208	observed
2023	78	2,336	observed
2024	55	2,976	observed
2025	64	2,691	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Karli” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

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04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

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06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q12793478CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: KarliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: KarliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: KarliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: KarliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: KarliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia (en): Karl (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikipedia (en): Karli (name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates10

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
British Columbia — 100 Years of Popular Baby Names (first names used 5 or more times), 1926-2025
Government of British Columbia, Vital Statistics Agency · OGL-BC (Open Government License - British Columbia; version not stated on the page) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Karli

Meaning in the sources

Where Karli is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

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A name worth keeping.

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