Name meaning & stats
Carli
Carli means “free man” (Germanic origin). 8,972 US babies since 1940, peak 1996.
What it means
“free man”
GermanicForm of Carly
In US birth records
Peak year: 1996
8,972 US babies were named Carli between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Carli (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 17 Carlys spell it Carli
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1996)