Calley — #12379 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Calley

The Social Security Administration has registered 948 babies named Calley between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Calley currently holds the #12379 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calley performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 312 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Calley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Calley in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calley 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 948 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.