How Many People Are Named Cal?
people named Cal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 52,720 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,868 babies named Cal in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
554 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of CALVIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Cal (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cal alive today is about 22 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cal first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 554 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #393, in 1880. In 2025 it ranked #543.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #543 |
| Best rank | #393 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #718 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cal were born in California than in any other state: about 594 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cal was given 5.2 times as often in Utah, 4.4 times in Wisconsin and 3.5 times in Iowa.
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