Callie
Callie was given to 1,754 girls in 2025, #175 among girls’ names; 70,827 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 55,300 Americans named Callie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (78% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 9 and 32.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Callie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Callie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Callie is “a female given name.”
From a 19th-century diminutive of Caroline.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Callie?
#175 among girls’ names, 2025
Callie rose from #195 in 2015 to #175 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.94 to 1.1 per 1,000.
1,763 babies in 2014, the peak
Callie peaked in 2014, when 1,763 girls were given it, #186 among girls’ names. The 1,754 births of 2025 are 99% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,754 | #175 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 1,709 | #176 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 1,654 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 1,578 | #187 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 1,671 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 1,726 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 1,636 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 2018 | 1,586 | #191 | 0.93 |
| 2017 | 1,652 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 1,543 | #212 | 0.87 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,684 | #195 | 0.94 |
| 2014 | 1,763 | #186 | 1.0 |
| 2013 | 1,420 | #226 | 0.81 |
| 2012 | 1,422 | #222 | 0.81 |
| 2011 | 1,474 | #213 | 0.84 |
| 2010 | 1,319 | #239 | 0.74 |
| 2009 | 1,324 | #248 | 0.72 |
| 2008 | 1,471 | #231 | 0.78 |
| 2007 | 1,359 | #258 | 0.71 |
| 2006 | 1,085 | #304 | 0.57 |
| 2005 | 1,004 | #320 | 0.54 |
| 2004 | 925 | #345 | 0.50 |
| 2003 | 917 | #339 | 0.50 |
| 2002 | 903 | #337 | 0.50 |
| 2001 | 920 | #333 | 0.51 |
| 2000 | 990 | #321 | 0.55 |
| 1999 | 1,200 | #265 | 0.68 |
| 1998 | 1,009 | #300 | 0.57 |
| 1997 | 927 | #318 | 0.53 |
| 1996 | 877 | #320 | 0.50 |
| 1995 | 954 | #291 | 0.54 |
| 1994 | 774 | #343 | 0.43 |
| 1993 | 855 | #311 | 0.47 |
| 1992 | 945 | #296 | 0.51 |
| 1991 | 915 | #304 | 0.49 |
| 1990 | 941 | #295 | 0.50 |
| 1989 | 746 | #340 | 0.40 |
| 1988 | 558 | #418 | 0.31 |
| 1987 | 617 | #380 | 0.35 |
| 1986 | 593 | #388 | 0.35 |
| 1985 | 567 | #397 | 0.33 |
| 1984 | 484 | #433 | 0.29 |
| 1983 | 454 | #453 | 0.27 |
| 1982 | 419 | #489 | 0.25 |
| 1981 | 354 | #532 | 0.21 |
| 1980 | 252 | #686 | 0.15 |
| 1979 | 213 | #756 | 0.13 |
| 1978 | 237 | #670 | 0.15 |
| 1977 | 225 | #695 | 0.15 |
| 1976 | 189 | #762 | 0.13 |
| 1975 | 215 | #696 | 0.15 |
| 1974 | 192 | #741 | 0.13 |
| 1973 | 150 | #858 | 0.10 |
| 1972 | 111 | #1,045 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 139 | #932 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 115 | #1,060 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 92 | #1,163 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 91 | #1,118 | 0.06 |
| 1967 | 88 | #1,119 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 81 | #1,189 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 99 | #1,055 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 113 | #1,009 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 130 | #924 | 0.07 |
| 1962 | 102 | #1,066 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 117 | #1,003 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 122 | #967 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 118 | #970 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 100 | #1,044 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 107 | #1,009 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 125 | #892 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 133 | #841 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 109 | #920 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 116 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 136 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 135 | #756 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 128 | #764 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 127 | #765 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 131 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 137 | #729 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 119 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 137 | #621 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 180 | #539 | 0.14 |
| 1943 | 174 | #574 | 0.12 |
| 1942 | 170 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1941 | 123 | #639 | 0.10 |
| 1940 | 175 | #518 | 0.15 |
| 1939 | 144 | #558 | 0.13 |
| 1938 | 182 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 165 | #510 | 0.16 |
| 1936 | 175 | #488 | 0.17 |
| 1935 | 200 | #452 | 0.19 |
| 1934 | 208 | #452 | 0.20 |
| 1933 | 208 | #452 | 0.21 |
| 1932 | 195 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1931 | 180 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1930 | 231 | #444 | 0.21 |
| 1929 | 240 | #428 | 0.21 |
| 1928 | 237 | #442 | 0.21 |
| 1927 | 265 | #422 | 0.22 |
| 1926 | 306 | #393 | 0.26 |
| 1925 | 313 | #388 | 0.26 |
| 1924 | 318 | #382 | 0.25 |
| 1923 | 300 | #383 | 0.25 |
| 1922 | 339 | #357 | 0.28 |
| 1921 | 346 | #354 | 0.28 |
| 1920 | 362 | #345 | 0.30 |
| 1919 | 343 | #347 | 0.30 |
| 1918 | 331 | #356 | 0.29 |
| 1917 | 356 | #331 | 0.33 |
| 1916 | 357 | #322 | 0.34 |
| 1915 | 350 | #316 | 0.36 |
| 1914 | 318 | #294 | 0.42 |
| 1913 | 273 | #288 | 0.44 |
| 1912 | 253 | #286 | 0.45 |
| 1911 | 223 | #260 | 0.53 |
| 1910 | 244 | #247 | 0.62 |
| 1909 | 196 | #256 | 0.56 |
| 1908 | 214 | #230 | 0.64 |
| 1907 | 233 | #216 | 0.73 |
| 1906 | 208 | #218 | 0.70 |
| 1905 | 217 | #206 | 0.74 |
| 1904 | 170 | #237 | 0.62 |
| 1903 | 199 | #212 | 0.76 |
| 1902 | 221 | #195 | 0.84 |
| 1901 | 183 | #212 | 0.76 |
| 1900 | 310 | #175 | 1.0 |
| 1899 | 208 | #192 | 0.89 |
| 1898 | 235 | #190 | 0.91 |
| 1897 | 231 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 1896 | 212 | #189 | 0.89 |
| 1895 | 211 | #186 | 0.90 |
| 1894 | 227 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1893 | 194 | #181 | 0.91 |
| 1892 | 189 | #186 | 0.89 |
| 1891 | 194 | #171 | 1.0 |
| 1890 | 230 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1889 | 181 | #166 | 1.0 |
| 1888 | 195 | #158 | 1.1 |
| 1887 | 167 | #150 | 1.1 |
| 1886 | 155 | #153 | 1.1 |
| 1885 | 157 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 1884 | 161 | #138 | 1.2 |
| 1883 | 135 | #143 | 1.2 |
| 1882 | 129 | #139 | 1.2 |
| 1881 | 104 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1880 | 131 | #124 | 1.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Callie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Callie has been given almost only to girls: 637 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Callie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Callie, and how old are they?
55,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 78% of the 70,827 Americans ever recorded as Callie. The median Callie alive today is 18 years old; half are between 9 and 32.
The 2020 Census counted 43,600 people named Callie (43,374 women and girls, 226 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 46,790 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 931 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,810 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,350 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 10,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 18,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 21,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Callie born?
The states with the most babies named Callie are Texas, Florida and California, with 19% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 136 | #255 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 103 | #169 | 0.8× |
| California | 93 | #350 | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 92 | #108 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 91 | #114 | 0.8× |
| New York | 85 | #195 | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 70 | #142 | 1.6× |
| Georgia | 66 | #147 | 1.5× |
| New Jersey | 64 | #121 | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 59 | #141 | 0.7× |
Where Callie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Callie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Callie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 154,272 babies since 1880, Callie is the most given (46% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,754 of their 2,900 babies (60%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Callie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Callie and names like it
- Compare Callie and CaliBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sCallie peaked in 2014.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Callie since 1910.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Callie.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Callie alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.