English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedCompare Mari, Malla.
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- Wiktionary: MaliCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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A name. A world of connections.
A given name in Finnish and Norwegian Bokmål
[ˈmɑ̝li] · Finnish
01 / Meaning & origin
Mali is a feminine given name documented in Finnish and Norwegian Bokmål. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
Separate records with matching spellings: Mali (Finnish, Norwegian Bokmål), Mali (Finnish, Norwegian Bokmål), Mali (Amis, Finnish)
Compare Mari, Malla.
02 / Across borders
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Published statistics
United States, 2025: 37 girls (rank 3903).
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Mali
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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.
| 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 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | 7 | 5,457 | observed |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | 5 | 8,324 | observed |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | 5 | 8,775 | observed |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | 5 | 9,284 | observed |
| 1977 | 9 | 6,340 | observed |
| 1978 | 8 | 6,948 | observed |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,392 | observed |
| 1981 | 12 | 5,571 | observed |
| 1982 | 8 | 7,469 | observed |
| 1983 | 6 | 9,015 | observed |
| 1984 | 5 | 10,422 | observed |
| 1985 | 10 | 6,457 | observed |
| 1986 | 9 | 7,134 | observed |
| 1987 | 7 | 8,778 | observed |
| 1988 | 11 | 6,666 | observed |
| 1989 | 8 | 8,761 | observed |
| 1990 | 6 | 11,409 | observed |
| 1991 | 10 | 7,987 | observed |
| 1992 | 13 | 6,652 | observed |
| 1993 | 9 | 8,719 | observed |
| 1994 | 11 | 7,604 | observed |
| 1995 | 15 | 5,958 | observed |
| 1996 | 14 | 6,392 | observed |
| 1997 | 20 | 5,010 | observed |
| 1998 | 15 | 6,360 | observed |
| 1999 | 26 | 4,313 | observed |
| 2000 | 28 | 4,291 | observed |
| 2001 | 24 | 4,834 | observed |
| 2002 | 29 | 4,280 | observed |
| 2003 | 55 | 2,800 | observed |
| 2004 | 35 | 3,989 | observed |
| 2005 | 43 | 3,461 | observed |
| 2006 | 37 | 3,992 | observed |
| 2007 | 46 | 3,531 | observed |
| 2008 | 65 | 2,773 | observed |
| 2009 | 52 | 3,189 | observed |
| 2010 | 42 | 3,689 | observed |
| 2011 | 48 | 3,350 | observed |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,364 | observed |
| 2013 | 43 | 3,573 | observed |
| 2014 | 52 | 3,137 | observed |
| 2015 | 41 | 3,705 | observed |
| 2016 | 37 | 3,996 | observed |
| 2017 | 44 | 3,479 | observed |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,357 | observed |
| 2019 | 64 | 2,681 | observed |
| 2020 | 49 | 3,179 | observed |
| 2021 | 48 | 3,297 | observed |
| 2022 | 46 | 3,416 | observed |
| 2023 | 59 | 2,852 | observed |
| 2024 | 43 | 3,575 | observed |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,903 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Mali” 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.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Mali— “bitter”
_Mali_, _f._ _Kaffir_, Heb. bitter, 29
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · 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
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
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
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
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · 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
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.
