Given name & surname
Bali
Bali is a masculine given name. It is used in Hungarian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Bali is a romanization of बलि. बलि comes from Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Hungarian usage, Bali is a diminutive of Balázs. In Hungarian usage, Bali is a diminutive of Bálint.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bali through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 254
- 42 boys · 212 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,549 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +62%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,549 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 75.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 285 as a first name in 2020; 1,223 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bali’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Bali is a diminutive of Balázs. In Greek usage, Bali as a surname is a transliteration of Μπάλη. In Hungarian usage, Bali is a diminutive of Bálint.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bali
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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