Caldonia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Caldonia

The Social Security Administration has registered 706 babies named Caldonia between 1882 and 2016, spanning 135 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Caldonia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caldonia performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Caldonia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Caldonia in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caldonia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 706 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.