girls:
22.2k births since 1959
#958 (83rd percentile)
boys:
373 births since 1979
#4213 (8th percentile)
overall:
22.6k births since 1959
#1688 (78th percentile)
The name Cali is the #1,688 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 22,556 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 78.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 78.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #958 (83.2% percentile) for all time with 22,183 births since 1959. For boys, it ranks #4,213 (8.1% percentile) for all time with 373 births since 1979.
Cali first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (1959 for girls and 1979 for boys). Birth data for Cali is available in 61 out of the 65 years between 1959 and 2023 (61 years for girls and 17 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cali has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.3% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Cali reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 79.6% percentile (ranked #198) with 850 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 850 births per million (ranked 79.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Cali ranks #409 for girls (56.9% percentile) with 390 births per million, which is 45.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Cali reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 5.1% percentile (ranked #855) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Cali ranks #890 for boys (2.3% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 51.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cali".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Cali. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.8% confident that Cali is pronounced as KA-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-lee, at 35.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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