Callia

Callia was the #8,860 girls' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Callia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Callia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Callia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#8,860 (11)#4,201 (5)#780 (3)#2,282 (9)
2024#9,556 (10)#4,844 (4)—#2,445 (8)
2023#10,312 (9)#3,599 (6)—#2,604 (7)
2022#6,707 (17)#2,674 (9)——
2021#6,967 (16)#4,634 (4)—#2,893 (6)
2020#7,212 (15)#3,899 (5)—#3,251 (5)
2019#8,138 (13)#5,591 (3)—#2,610 (7)
2018#6,010 (20)#3,178 (7)—#2,587 (7)
2017#6,531 (18)#4,763 (4)—#3,307 (5)
2016#8,393 (13)——#2,595 (7)
2015#6,977 (17)———
2014#6,987 (17)#5,691 (3)——
2013#3,918 (38)#4,050 (5)—#2,058 (10)
2012#4,601 (31)#4,171 (5)—#2,013 (10)
2011#3,843 (39)#5,785 (3)—#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #3,843.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 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 140,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Callia is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 190,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 130,000 to 1 in 280,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CalliaCanadaGirls#2,2829
CalliaEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
CalliaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CalliaScotlandGirls#7803
CalliaUSGirls#8,86011