Girls' name · since 1970

Calie

1,546 babies named Calie in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#5,588 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,272 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,546
born since 1970
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Calie is the #10272 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,546 recorded since 1970.

Calie has 1,546 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10272 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.

  • #5,588 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,272 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,546 born since 1970
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calie ranks #5,588 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,272 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,546 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.

#5,588 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,272 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,546
born since 1970
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%40.6%
Calie vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Calie's 1,546 recorded births place it above 92.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

11 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Calie compares

1,546 Top 26% higher than 74% 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

Calie's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Calie Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,546 376 567,345
Peak-year births 72 21 19,840

Calie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Calie's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 72, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Calie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
72
Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
020406080 197019821989199620032010201720242025 9

Calie by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (498 births, 32% of the file).

2000s was Calie's strongest decade.

498 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.

Calie births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 498 births (32% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Calie 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 Calie's total volume

Calie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -26, 7.3%-10, 18.2%-48, 5%-53, 4.5%-146, 3.2%-35, 7.1%-28, 6.6%-64, 3%-42, 6.9%-29, 10.8%-60, 5.5%-49, 7.3%-106, 3.4%-21, 8.8%-31, 8.3%Calie-56, 4.7%Calie
Calie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Calie by state

Where Calie concentrates geographically, total births since 1970

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Calie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
96 6.2%
#2 Texas
60 3.9%
#3 Tennessee
10 0.6%
#4 Louisiana
6 0.4%
#5 Michigan
6 0.4%
#6 Florida
5 0.3%
#7 Georgia
5 0.3%
#8 North Carolina
5 0.3%
California share of Calie's total US births 6.2%
Even split

96 of 1,546 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.

Calie appears in 11 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Calie?
1,546 babies have been named Calie since 1970. All-time, it sits at #5,588 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #10,272 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2008 with 72 births.
Where does Calie sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calie ranks #5,588 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,272 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Calie most popular?
Calie was most popular in the 2000s decade with 498 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Calie most popular?
The top states for the name Calie are California (96 births), Texas (60 births), Tennessee (10 births).
How long has the name Calie been used?
The SSA has tracked Calie since 1970 -- 56 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Calie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Callie, Cali, Calista, Calliope, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Calie's data

  • Calie's decade-level peak was the 2000s (498 total births); usage has since declined to 116 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Calies (96 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.

Keep exploring Calie

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Calie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1970–2025 (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 Calie 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.