# Cally (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cally/  
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 | Callie, Kallie |
| US babies named this | 1,773 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,773 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 457, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Callie.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 25 | 5,572 |
| 2010 | 21 | 6,221 |
| 2011 | 30 | 4,704 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,585 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,112 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,380 |
| 2015 | 12 | 9,058 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,068 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,927 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9,960 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,285 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,711 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,550 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,718 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,319 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 13 | 2,120 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,703 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | 1,889 |

## 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.