Cali

#574 for girls in 2025, 518 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to girls 98.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
2014 · 1,664 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,342
since 1959

Cali over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cali has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #202, 2014girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#574518#5,86115
2024#493622#6,19914
2023#450683#4,11226
2022#373844#3,99527
2021#336969#4,11825
2020#2941,089#2,50551
2019#2741,217#3,25935
2018#2791,188#3,17136
2017#2881,128#4,10525
2016#2641,200#3,44132
2015#2321,437#3,59130
2014#2021,664#4,13824
2013#2801,133#6,60312
2012#331946#8,8648
2011#389816#6,57812
2010#416757#8,8038
2009#434732#9,8647
2008#428740—
2007#489664—
2006#605482#7,42710
2005#624450—
2004#754346—
2003#779317—
2002#818284—
2001#891257—
2000#817277—
1999#816266—
1998#896235—
1997#971201—
1996#1,079171—
1995#1,214141—
1994#1,433111—
1993#1,312128—
1992#1,312128—
1991#1,343122—
1990#1,163148—
1989#1,220132—
1988#1,68676—
1987#1,39896—
1986#1,35196—
1985#1,128128—
1984#2,14946—
1983#2,09747—
1982#2,28843—
1981#3,62522—
1980#3,00229—
1979#4,23117#5,3556
1978#2,74130—
1977#3,26723—
1976#3,18822—
1975#3,25921—
1974#3,86316—
1973#3,63517—
1972#5,4809—
1971#6,6197—
1970#6,3627—
1969#5,4568—
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1967#6,0426—
1966#5,8096—
1965#6,5395—
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First appearance
1959

The first year at least five girls were named Cali! It came in at #5,566, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1960–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cali is popular in 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,246 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,054 girlsILWisconsin: #415 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,297 girlsWIMichigan: #721 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,992 girlsMINew York: #918 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,531 girlsNYMassachusetts: #630 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,494 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedRIOregon: #606 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,188 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedIAIndiana: #796 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,508 girlsINOhio: #673 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 4,964 girlsOHPennsylvania: #727 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,599 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,073 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,280 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #916 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 6,537 girlsCAUtah: #637 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,468 girlsUTColorado: #814 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,892 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedNEMissouri: #779 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,726 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedVAMaryland: #524 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,003 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #759 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,915 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #711 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,155 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedALGeorgia: #915 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,030 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cali, so not publishedHITexas: #1,330 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 10,944 girlsTXFlorida: #733 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,834 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#415 · 1 in 2,297
  2. Maryland#524 · 1 in 3,003
  3. Oregon#606 · 1 in 3,188
  4. Massachusetts#630 · 1 in 4,494
  5. Utah#637 · 1 in 3,468

Best ever in a state: #88 in Mississippi, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#415111 in 2,297
Maryland#52481 in 3,003
Oregon#60651 in 3,188
Massachusetts#63071 in 4,494
Utah#63751 in 3,468
Ohio#673121 in 4,964
Louisiana#71151 in 4,155
Michigan#721101 in 4,992
Pennsylvania#727101 in 5,599
Florida#733161 in 4,834
North Carolina#75991 in 4,915
Missouri#77951 in 5,726
Indiana#79661 in 5,508
Colorado#81451 in 4,892
Georgia#91581 in 6,030
California#916341 in 6,537
New York#918151 in 6,531
New Jersey#1,07351 in 8,280
Illinois#1,24671 in 10,054
Texas#1,330141 in 10,944
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Cali
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 81 spots since 2024 (#493 → #574)
  • 280 spots since 2020 (#294 → #574)
  • 342 spots since 2015 (#232 → #574)
  • Biggest jump: 130 spots in 2005 (#754 → #624)
  • Biggest drop: 81 spots in 2025 (#493 → #574)
Rise & fade · girls
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1959
  • Peaked 2014 at #202 (1,664 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,074
  • Highest: 1 in 1,074 girls born in 2014 were named Cali (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,103 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 49.2% of all girls named Cali (11,486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s6#5,566 (1959)#5,566
1960s41#4,019 (1963)#5,741
1970s169#2,741 (1978)#4,265
1980s715#1,128 (1985)#1,994
1990s1,651#816 (1999)#1,154
2000s4,549#428 (2008)#664
2010s11,486#202 (2014)#296
2020s4,725#294 (2020)#420

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cali in 2001

girls
#891
257 births · 1 in 7,006 girls

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #891Cali257
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 7,006 of them was named Cali, which outranked 95.0% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cali
  1. #888Juanita258
  2. #888Rayna258
  3. #888Reanna258
  4. #891Cali257
  5. #891Kacey257
  6. #891Kaia257
  7. #891Melany257
  8. #895Bonnie255
  9. #895Fabiola255
  10. #897Kari253

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001 →