Callie

What Callie means

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

Editor’s note Steady in the US: #195 in 2015 and #175 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Callie?

US: Rising: up from #195 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #377 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1880, when 131 girls got the name (#122 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 916 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 938 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 271 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 RI (4.49 per 1,000 girls), WV (3.74 per 1,000 girls), NH (3.16 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Callie is #175 in the US and #186 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Callie were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kallie279 US · 23 E&W
• Calia167 US · 14 E&W
• Kaylie148 US
• Kalie21 US
• Kellie19 US
• Callia11 US · 5 E&W
• Kaelie13 US
• Caleia9 US

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

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Cally
• Kallie
• Kally

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Callie

Girls

• Sloane#141Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #327 in 2015, #141 in 2025
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Raelynn#116Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #116 vs #2,440 in 2025
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025

For a brother

• Jensen#282Editor’s note Up from #395 in 2015 to #282 in 2025 in the US
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Henry#5Editor’s note Up from #29 in 2015 to #5 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 140 US boys in the 2025 records
• Levi#12Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• August#81“month of August”^*

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 Callie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.