first name
CALI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,918 people named Cali, 58.8% reported their origin as White, 16.6% as Black and 14.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Cali peaked in 2014, when 1,688 babies got the name.
At least 23,745 babies have been given the name since 1959. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Cali by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #574. The largest share of babies named Cali, 59.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Cali is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cali has been most common in Nevada (2.5×), Florida (2×), and Georgia (1.6×), and least common in New Mexico (0.32×).
21,298 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Cali
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cali, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Cali ranks #11,160 of 156,621, with 2,713 people. See Cali as a last name
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