Calirae

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Calirae by the numbers

Calirae was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Calirae

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 Calirae. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Caliebeautiful; a variant of Callie or Cally30 in the US (2017)
  • Cahirawarrior woman; feminine form of Cahir6 in the US (2017)
  • Caliopebeautiful voice; variant form of Calliope5 in the US (2017)
  • Caliyah103 in the US (2017)
  • Calia14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Calina24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Calirae

Names that are said the same way as Calirae, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Callie-Raebeautiful; compound modern creation7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kalirae5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Calirae

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