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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

GaliIn Hebrew: גלי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: גַּלִּי

Gali (Hebrew: גלי) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 6,473 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 135 girls and ranked #136. Its peak year was 2018, with 220 babies.

People in Israel
6,473
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
135
rank #136
Peak year
2018
220 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Gali

In Hebrew letters the name is גלי, read right to left. Gali is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Gali by year in Israel

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Gali: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Gali

How do you write Gali in Hebrew?

Gali is written גלי in Hebrew (with vowel points: גַּלִּי). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Gali?

6,473 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גלי: 6,106 women and 367 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Gali a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 94.3% of the people named גלי are women.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.