Girls' name · since 1985
Caly
145 babies named Caly in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,102 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caly sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 145 recorded since 1985.
Social Security Administration records show Caly recorded 145 times among girls since 1985, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2022.
- #23,102 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 145 born since 1985
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caly ranks #23,102 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 145 born since 1985, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,102 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 145
- born since 1985
- 2000s
- peak decade
Caly's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Caly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Caly's full recorded timeline at 2004, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Caly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2022
- Peak year (1991)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Caly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (50 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Caly's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Caly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 50 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Caly's decade-level peak was the 2000s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Caly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1985–2022 (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 Caly 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.