Cali Girl
How popular is Cali?
#574 girl name in 2025
518 baby girls were named Cali in the US in 2025, making it the 574th most popular girl name. Another 15 boys got the name (#5,859 for boys).
Cali popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #574 for girls (▼ 81 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 518 girls, 15 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-64% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #232 in 2015, #294 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (1,664 girls) |
| Highest rank | #202 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1959 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 3% boys, 97% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cali counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaylee family of names ranked #38 for girls in 2025 (#29 the year before), with 6,126 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaylee | 1,205 | 20% |
| Callie | 1,754 | 29% |
| Kali | 948 | 15% |
| Cali | 518 | 8% |
| Kayleigh | 340 | 6% |
| Kallie | 279 | 5% |
| Kailey | 153 | 2% |
| Kaylie | 148 | 2% |
| Caylee | 84 | 1% |
| Kailee | 98 | 2% |
| Kaleigh | 56 | 1% |
| Kaley | 38 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cali is most popular
Babies named Cali per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.5 per 1,000 (70 girls)
- Louisiana: 1.3 per 1,000 (111 girls)
- Rhode Island: 1.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Maryland: 1.0 per 1,000 (102 girls)
- Alabama: 0.9 per 1,000 (87 girls)
Cali by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1960s | 41 | #4,018 |
| 1970s | 169 | #2,741 |
| 1980s | 715 | #1,128 |
| 1990s | 1,651 | #815 |
| 2000s | 4,549 | #428 |
| 2010s | 11,486 | #202 |
| 2020s | 4,725 | #294 |
Girl names about as popular as Cali
Questions
- Is Cali a boy or girl name?
- Cali is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Cali were girls.
- How popular is the name Cali?
- 518 baby girls were named Cali in the US in 2025, making it the 574th most popular girl name. Another 15 boys got the name (#5,859 for boys).
- When was Cali most popular?
- Cali peaked in 2014, when 1,664 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #202 in 2014.
- How many people are named Cali?
- 23,745 babies have been named Cali in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,564 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Cali most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cali was most common in Mississippi, at 1.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.