Cali
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 1,147 babies a year in the US.
How Cali has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #232 |
| 2016 | #264 |
| 2017 | #288 |
| 2018 | #279 |
| 2019 | #274 |
| 2020 | #294 |
| 2021 | #336 |
| 2022 | #376 |
| 2023 | #447 |
| 2024 | #495 |
| 2025 | #574 |
Cali by the numbers
In 2025, 50 babies in England and Wales were named Cali. In the US, 1,147 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,660 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Cali
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cali. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cali
Names that are said the same way as Cali, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Calliebeautiful; a form of Calista or Calliope270 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kaliblack; fierce; Hindu goddess of time1,120 in the US (2017)
- Kallibeautiful; a form of Callie105 in the US (2017)
- Callia form of Callie; beautiful or lovely73 in the US (2017)
- Kaliebeautiful; a form of Callie38 in the US (2017)
- Caliebeautiful; a variant of Callie or Cally30 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cali
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