Li

Boy · recorded 1976–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 2001best year

Most popular in 2001.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Li.

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Its story

Popularity since 1976

04819761988200020112023

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Li, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19763
19783
19902
19953
20005
20018
20023
20035
20054
20063
20075
20094
20104
20144
20153
20174
20213
20234

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Li isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
6
Rank in 2023
#10,821
How rare
1 in 285,096 boys
Since 1976
132

Li was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2001, at 8 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Li doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.