# Cal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kæl/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,868 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,858 / 10 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 195, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Spanish Cal. This surname is mostly found in Guatemala. * Borrowed from Polish Cal. * Borrowed from Turkish Çal.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 5 | 5,831 |
| 1955 | 5 | 5,930 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 88 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 90 | 1,689 |
| 2013 | 99 | 1,570 |
| 2014 | 129 | 1,341 |
| 2015 | 144 | 1,255 |
| 2016 | 160 | 1,185 |
| 2017 | 159 | 1,176 |
| 2018 | 150 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 166 | 1,168 |
| 2020 | 235 | 937 |
| 2021 | 263 | 879 |
| 2022 | 343 | 748 |
| 2023 | 373 | 712 |
| 2024 | 409 | 670 |
| 2025 | 554 | 543 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Cal

- Cal Crutchlow, British motorcycle racer
- Cal Ripken Jr., American retired baseball player (born 1960)
- Cal Clutterbuck, Canadian ice hockey player
- Cal Petersen, American ice hockey player
- Cal Hubbard, American football player and coach, baseball umpire (1900–1977)
- Cal Strong, American water polo player (1907–2001)
- Cal O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player
- Cal Schenkel, American artist
- Cal Worthington, American businessman
- Cal Smith, American country musician (1932–2013)
- Cal Dooley, American politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.