Mali

Primarily a girl's name · 95% girls

Mali first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2013 with 94 babies (rank #448 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mali

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mali yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,125

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	3	#4,453
1997	21	#1,003
1998	10	#1,761
1999	24	#918
2000	21	#1,017
2001	27	#861
2002	26	#909
2003	47	#627
2004	49	#621
2005	57	#579
2006	51	#638
2007	53	#662
2008	54	#677
2009	75	#534
2010	74	#545
2011	70	#581
2012	78	#544
2013	94	#448
2014	76	#562
2015	80	#543
2016	84	#515