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Girl · English pet form
Callie
Say it: KAL-ee
Meaning
Uncertain. Used as a pet form of Caroline or of names beginning with Greek kallos 'beauty', such as Callista.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Found in 1880s America and popular again around 2000.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 62,414 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1890, about 1 in 828 girls
- 1,712 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Cally, Kallie
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.