# Callie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/callie/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Cally, Kallie, Kally |
| US babies named this | 70,827 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 637 / 70,190 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,045, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From a 19th-century diminutive of Caroline.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,474 | 213 |
| 2012 | 1,422 | 222 |
| 2013 | 1,420 | 226 |
| 2014 | 1,763 | 186 |
| 2015 | 1,684 | 195 |
| 2016 | 1,543 | 212 |
| 2017 | 1,652 | 188 |
| 2018 | 1,586 | 191 |
| 2019 | 1,636 | 180 |
| 2020 | 1,726 | 165 |
| 2021 | 1,671 | 178 |
| 2022 | 1,578 | 187 |
| 2023 | 1,654 | 178 |
| 2024 | 1,709 | 176 |
| 2025 | 1,754 | 175 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 5 | 5,197 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,309 |
| 1977 | 7 | 4,650 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,614 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,661 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,197 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,305 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,287 |
| 1991 | 7 | 6,603 |
| 1996 | 7 | 7,243 |
| 2000 | 5 | 10,593 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8,249 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12,818 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,477 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,449 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 93 | 458 |
| 2012 | 117 | 397 |
| 2013 | 111 | 390 |
| 2014 | 83 | 508 |
| 2015 | 120 | 377 |
| 2016 | 163 | 304 |
| 2017 | 196 | 253 |
| 2018 | 237 | 214 |
| 2019 | 229 | 214 |
| 2020 | 295 | 171 |
| 2021 | 296 | 172 |
| 2022 | 280 | 184 |
| 2023 | 271 | 186 |
| 2024 | 314 | 162 |
| 2025 | 270 | 186 |

## People named Callie

- Callie Khouri, American screenwriter, producer and director
- Callie Thorne, American actress
- Callie Hernandez, American actress

## 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.