Girls' name · since 1959
Cali
Cali has 23,342 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #959 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #574 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,342
- born since 1959
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cali currently ranks #574 among girls' names in America, with 23,342 babies recorded since 1959.
Cali has 23,342 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #574 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #959 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #574 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 23,342 born since 1959
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cali ranks #959 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #574 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 23,342 born since 1959, peaking in the 2010s.
- #959 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #574 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,342
- born since 1959
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cali's 23,342 recorded births place it above 98.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Cali compares
23,342 Top 6% higher than 94% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cali's all-time total is 62x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cali | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23,342 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,664 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cali's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cali splits its recorded history at 1994: 94% of all births land in the more recent half, 6% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 1,664 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cali popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 1,664
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Cali popularity over time - boys
403 total births recorded since 1979 (Cali as boys' name)
Cali by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11,486 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Cali's strongest decade.
11,486 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Cali births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 41
1960s
41 births
- 1970s 169
1970s
169 births
- 1980s 715
1980s
715 births
- 1990s 1,651
1990s
1,651 births
- 2000s 4,549
2000s
4,549 births
- 2010s
2010s
11,486 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,725 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11,486 births (49% of all-time use).
How Cali compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cali's total volume
Cali by state
Where Cali concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,147 | 13.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,653 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,490 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 1,063 | 4.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 1,032 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 986 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 849 | 3.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 794 | 3.4% |
3,147 of 23,342 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Cali appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cali's data
- Cali's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (11,486 total births) through the 2020s (4,725) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Calis (3,147 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cali: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1959–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cali draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.