Kali vs Kalob
American parents have registered 33,438 Kalis since 1880, against 1,677 Kalobs. Kali is still ahead, with 972 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Kali Kalob
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Kali has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1957 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 2002, when Kali had 508 and Kalob had 93.
Side by side
| Kali | Kalob | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 33,438 | 1,677 |
| Most in one year | 1,353 | 123 |
| Babies in 2025 | 972 | 6 |
| Estimated living today | 33,000 | 1,600 |
| Median age today | 15 | 23 |
| Peak year | 2019 | 2000 |
| Best rank | 241st girls | 1,128th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 323rd | 10,695th |
| First recorded | 1957 | 1977 |
| Girls / boys | 32,527 / 911 | 0 / 1,677 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Kalobs alive today are over 23; half the Kalis are over 15. That is 8 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Kali Nevada (2.2×), Florida (1.7×), Louisiana (1.6×)
- Kalob Texas (5.2×), Ohio (2.3×), California (1.7×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Kali and Kalob.