NameTides

Cali

Cali was the #574 girls' name in the US in 2025 (518 babies), and #733 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Cali as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cali as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandUSCanadaEngland & WalesIreland
Cali as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#574 (518)#733 (50)#242 (15)#191 (9)#885 (3)#782 (37)
2024#493 (622)#610 (64)#215 (17)#192 (9)#631 (5)#694 (42)
2023#450 (683)#558 (69)#236 (16)#237 (7)#364 (10)#529 (55)
2022#373 (844)#562 (69)#208 (20)#266 (6)#458 (8)#371 (82)
2021#336 (969)#549 (73)#160 (27)#298 (5)#336 (12)#447 (68)
2020#294 (1,089)#439 (96)#170 (23)#246 (6)#444 (8)#351 (90)
2019#274 (1,217)#474 (88)#185 (23)#263 (6)#271 (17)#423 (77)
2018#279 (1,188)#519 (82)#182 (24)#361 (4)#280 (16)#346 (95)
2017#288 (1,128)#764 (52)#289 (13)#432 (3)#430 (9)#417 (80)
2016#264 (1,200)#822 (46)#262 (16)#353 (4)#661 (5)#387 (89)
2015#232 (1,437)#871 (42)#300 (13)—#431 (10)#313 (106)
2014#202 (1,664)#1,005 (36)#294 (14)#439 (3)#752 (4)#368 (92)
2013#280 (1,133)#1,291 (26)#319 (12)#327 (5)#894 (3)#392 (83)
2012#331 (946)#1,342 (24)#467 (7)—#907 (3)#333 (97)
2011#389 (816)#1,327 (23)#515 (6)#363 (4)—#348 (94)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #202.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 810common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Cali is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,400 to 1 in 3,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cali by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #679NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #444OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #556CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: #308WVVirginia: #573VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #497TNNorth Carolina: #489NCSouth Carolina: #373SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #212LAMississippi: #182MSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #431GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #762TXFlorida: #367FL
Cali (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#48326

Cali (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CaliCanadaGirls#78237
CaliCanadaBoys—too few
CaliEngland & WalesGirls#73350
CaliEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
CaliIrelandGirls#8853
CaliNorthern IrelandGirls#1919
CaliNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CaliScotlandGirls#24215
CaliUSGirls#574518
CaliUSBoys#5,86115