# Mali (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mali/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,495 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 89 / 1,406 (94% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,145, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 3,391 |
| 2012 | 48 | 3,406 |
| 2013 | 43 | 3,616 |
| 2014 | 52 | 3,171 |
| 2015 | 41 | 3,742 |
| 2016 | 37 | 4,053 |
| 2017 | 44 | 3,526 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,417 |
| 2019 | 64 | 2,700 |
| 2020 | 49 | 3,213 |
| 2021 | 48 | 3,325 |
| 2022 | 46 | 3,453 |
| 2023 | 59 | 2,875 |
| 2024 | 43 | 3,620 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,954 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 4,733 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,313 |
| 1998 | 6 | 9,204 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,628 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,749 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,316 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,309 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,397 |
| 2021 | 11 | 7,415 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,737 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,671 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,734 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,406 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 70 | 575 |
| 2012 | 78 | 542 |
| 2013 | 94 | 445 |
| 2014 | 76 | 558 |
| 2015 | 80 | 539 |
| 2016 | 84 | 513 |
| 2017 | 88 | 493 |
| 2018 | 94 | 458 |
| 2019 | 117 | 373 |
| 2020 | 121 | 365 |
| 2021 | 85 | 496 |
| 2022 | 119 | 360 |
| 2023 | 107 | 386 |
| 2024 | 113 | 383 |
| 2025 | 132 | 328 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,126 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## 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.