Cali

What Cali means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Cali yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #232 in 2015, #574 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Cali?

US: Falling: down from #232 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #871 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 1,664 girls got the name (#202 that year). First in the US records in 1959.

How common

• About 1 in 3,103 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,066 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,193 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (1.57 per 1,000 girls), LA (1.22 per 1,000 girls), WV (0.99 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Cali is #574 in the US and #733 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.2% of US babies named Cali were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kali948 US · 26 E&W
• Kaeli358 US
• Calla156 US · 12 E&W
• Caeli90 US
• Gala71 US · 8 E&W
• Kalli56 US · 5 E&W
• Kayli43 US
• Clio25 US · 13 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Cali

Girls

• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*
• Eva#134Editor’s note Down from #76 in 2015 to #134 in 2025 in the US
• Adalynn#184Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*

For a brother

• Jace#114Diminutive of Jason, meaning “I heal”^*
• Eli#104“ascent”^*
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Karter#270Variant of Carter, meaning “son of Arthur”^*
• Jayce#167Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #167 vs #822 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cali’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.