Girls' name · since 1993
Calia
Calia has 1,259 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,338 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,259
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,259 babies have been named Calia since 1993, making it today's #1338 girls' name.
Calia has 1,259 recorded births among girls since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1338 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #6,417 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,338 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,259 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calia ranks #6,417 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,338 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,259 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,417 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,338 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,259
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calia's 1,259 recorded births place it above 91.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Calia compares
1,259 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
Calia's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,259 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 167 | 21 | 19,840 |
Calia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Calia's full recorded timeline at 2009, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 167 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Calia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 167
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Calia by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (472 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Calia's strongest decade.
472 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Calia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 68
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
250 births
- 2010s
2010s
469 births
- 2020s
2020s
472 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 472 births (37% of all-time use).
How Calia 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 Calia's total volume
Calia by state
Where Calia concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 155 | 12.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 58 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 54 | 4.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 23 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 17 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.5% |
155 of 1,259 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Calia appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Calias (155 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 Calia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Calia 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.