Hali

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
8
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3035
8 babies

Hali by the numbers

In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Hali. In the US, 32 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 325 babies in 1993, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Hali

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hali. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Halahalo or light41 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Harlihare meadow; modern spelling of Harley50 in the US (2017)
  • Hanihappy, joyful14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Halehealthy and strong; dwelling in a hall16 in the US (2017)
  • Heliascending; a biblical name6 in the US (2017)
  • Halo174 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Hali

Names that are said the same way as Hali, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Halliefrom the hall; sea-woman1,246 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hailiehay meadow; a form of Hayley24 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hayliehay meadow; a modern respelling of Hayley119 in the US (2017)
  • Hallyrock; stone; a form of Hallie6 in the US (2017)
  • Haily26 in the US (2017)
  • Hayli18 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Hali

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