How rare is the name Calli?

4,053 people in the United States have the first name Calli, about 1 in 74,520. It ranks #4,545 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CALLI

#4,545

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,053
About
1 in 74,520
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,053 people named Calli, 85.5% reported their origin as White, 4.7% as two or more races and 4.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Calli peaked in 1999, when 161 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19522025
Peak year
1999
Births that year
161
In 2025*
25 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,517 babies have been given the name since 1952. 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.

Calli by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,313. The largest share of babies named Calli, 45.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#9,12835
1960s#10,60832
1970s#6,070164
1980s#3,018601
1990s#2,3131,252
2000s#2,7751,296
2010s#3,774915
2020s#6,895222
Baby boom 1946–641.1%
Generation X 1965–804.4%
Millennials 1981–9631.5%
Generation Z 1997–1245.7%
2013 and later17.3%

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 Calli is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Calli has been most common in Utah (4.4×), Minnesota (3.2×), and Texas (2.6×), and least common in New York (0.34×).

1,803 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.

Exactly as common as Calli

1 other first name also has 4,053 people.

#4,545 Marylin · 4,053

Either side of Calli

#4,542 Malena · 4,061#4,544 Oriana · 4,056#4,545 Marylin · 4,053#4,547 Karri · 4,052

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Calli, most common first.

#986 Callie · 43,600#1,774 Cali · 16,918#5,573 Calla · 3,050#8,114 Cally · 1,802#17,037 Caeli · 654#20,724 Callia · 496#24,306 Cayli · 397#28,553 Calle · 314

Also a last name

As a last name, Calli ranks #104,276 of 156,621, with 183 people. See Calli as a last name

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