# Li (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/li/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 382 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 132 / 250 (65% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 100, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5 | 14,748 |
| 1995 | 11 | 7,841 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,823 |
| 1997 | 10 | 8,753 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,865 |
| 1999 | 12 | 8,012 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,352 |
| 2001 | 8 | 11,596 |
| 2002 | 8 | 11,725 |
| 2003 | 9 | 10,933 |
| 2004 | 14 | 8,065 |
| 2005 | 9 | 11,445 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,284 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13,388 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16,387 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 6 | 8,447 |
| 2000 | 10 | 6,636 |
| 2001 | 15 | 5,048 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10,157 |
| 2003 | 10 | 7,041 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,730 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,220 |
| 2007 | 10 | 7,948 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,561 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9,337 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,298 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,259 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,351 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,587 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,691 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 11 | 2,085 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,392 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2008 | 7 | 2,507 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |

## People named Li

- Gong Li, Chinese-Singaporean actress
- Li Andersson, Finnish politician
- Li Jun Li, American actress
- Guo Li, Chinese synchronized swimmer
- Zhang Li, Chinese table tennis player
- Yin Li, Chinese politician
- Li Chevalier, French artist
- Yi Li, Chinese basketball player (born 1987)
- Wang Li, Chinese linguist (1900–1986)
- Ye Li, Chinese basketball player (born 1981)
- Gong Li, Chinese karateka
- Mei Li Vos, Dutch politician, trade unionist and editorialist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.