Girls' name · since 1972
Callee
Callee has 790 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,181 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 790
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
790 babies have been named Callee since 1972, making it today's #12181 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Callee has been recorded 790 times among girls since 1972, currently ranked #12181 nationally and more common than 30% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #8,811 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,181 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 790 born since 1972
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Callee ranks #8,811 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,181 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 790 born since 1972, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,181 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 790
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
Callee's 790 recorded births place it above 87.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Callee compares
790 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Callee's all-time total is 110% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Callee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 790 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Callee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Callee's full recorded timeline at 2004, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 41 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Callee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Callee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (261 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Callee's strongest decade.
261 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Callee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 63
1980s
63 births
- 1990s
1990s
137 births
- 2000s
2000s
261 births
- 2010s
2010s
244 births
- 2020s 74
2020s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 261 births (33% of all-time use).
How Callee 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 Callee's total volume
Callee by state
Where Callee concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 0.6% |
16 of 790 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Callee's data
- Callee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (261 total births); usage has since declined to 74 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Callees (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Callee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Callee 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.