Kaili
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 34 babies a year in the US.
Kaili by the numbers
Kaili was given to 34 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 164 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Kaili
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 Kaili. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Kaliblack; fierce; Hindu goddess of time1,120 in the US (2017)
- Karlifree man; a form of Carla or Karl135 in the US (2017)
- Kailastylish; a variant of Kayla133 in the US (2017)
- Kallibeautiful; a form of Callie105 in the US (2017)
- Kahlithe dark goddess; a form of Kali or modern spelling variant21 in the US (2017)
- Kairi369 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Kaili
Names that are said the same way as Kaili, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Calliebeautiful; a form of Calista or Calliope270 in England and Wales (2025)
- Callia form of Callie; beautiful or lovely73 in the US (2017)
- Kaliebeautiful; a form of Callie38 in the US (2017)
- Caliebeautiful; a variant of Callie or Cally30 in the US (2017)
- Callybeautiful or lovely; diminutive of Calista7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kallybeautiful; a form of Cally or Callie14 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kaili
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