Girls' name · peaked in 2014
Cali name popularity since 1925
23,745 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cali (98.3% girls, 1.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2014 or earlier, so the typical Cali is about 12 years old in 2026. Cali peaked in 2014 as the #202 name for girls, and it ranked #574 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,745
- Named Cali, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #574
- for girls in 2025 (518 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.3% girls
- 23,342 girls · 403 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 1.91× its national share
Peak year is the year Cali made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Cali births per year, 1925–2025
2014 was the biggest year for Cali both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1994 and 1999, Cali became 2.4× more common, from 1 in 16,100 baby girls to 1 in 6,670.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 1,480 to 1 in 3,100.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Cali's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cali.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cali in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 6 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 41 | 0 | #6,635 |
| 1970s | 169 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 1980s | 715 | 0 | #1,128 |
| 1990s | 1,651 | 0 | #1,216 |
| 2000s | 4,549 | 17 | #624 |
| 2010s | 11,486 | 222 | #232 |
| 2020–25 | 4,725 | 158 | #574 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
59.1% of babies named Cali from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Cali is most popular
The index compares Cali's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Cali.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 1.91× | 1,490 |
| Georgia | 1.67× | 992 |
| California | 1.39× | 3,173 |
| Louisiana | 1.38× | 534 |
| Maryland | 1.37× | 450 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Cali and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Cali (this page) | 23,342 | 2014 |
| Callie | 59,680 | 1880 |
| Kali | 32,527 | 2019 |
| Calli | 4,517 | 1999 |
| Caley | 2,481 | 1994 |
| Cally | 1,773 | 1990 |
| Calie | 1,546 | 2008 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cali's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cali.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cali (2014).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data