How Many People Are Named Cali?

23,532

people named Cali are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 14,524 people in the US has this name

Based on 23,745 babies named Cali in Social Security records from 1959 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,473

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#785

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Peak Year

2014

1,688 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
98.3%
Male
1.7%

Of the babies given the name Cali, 98.3% were girls and 1.7% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 96.6% of the babies were girls then and 96.8% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Cali alive today is about 13 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 17 in 2025.

Under 30 21,870
92.9%
30 to 59 1,639
7%
60 and over 23
0.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Cali first appears in the records in 1959 and was given most often in 2014, to 1,688 babies. In 2025, 533 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1959 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Cali has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #202, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #574.

Girls
Rank in 2025#574
Best rank#202 (2014)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#272 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Cali alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Cali were born in California than in any other state: about 3,147 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cali was given 1.8 times as often in Louisiana, 1.7 times in Mississippi and 1.4 times in Arkansas.

California 3,147
Texas 1,650
Florida 1,479
Ohio 1,055
New York 1,023
Georgia 985
Pennsylvania 842
North Carolina 794
Michigan 768
Illinois 703
Tennessee 617
Indiana 546
Louisiana 530
Missouri 509
Virginia 469
New Jersey 448
Maryland 447
Wisconsin 406
South Carolina 359
Massachusetts 344
Alabama 344
Kentucky 333
Arizona 327
Oklahoma 279
Mississippi 269
Utah 246
Washington 245
Arkansas 227
Minnesota 221
Kansas 199
Colorado 194
Nevada 178
Connecticut 172
Iowa 168
Oregon 116
West Virginia 105
Nebraska 91
District of Columbia 56
Delaware 47
New Mexico 37
Rhode Island 31
Idaho 29
New Hampshire 22
North Dakota 21
Hawaii 18
Maine 12
Montana 11
Alaska 10
South Dakota 6

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