Calcifer
Boy · KAL-sih-fer · Modern
Calcifer is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Calcifer mean?
Modern: invented by Diana Wynne Jones for Howl's Moving Castle
Calcifer is the fire demon who powers the castle in Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle and Miyazaki's film of it.
- Say it
- KAL-sih-fer
Is Calcifer a girl's or a boy's name?
Calcifer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calcifer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 132% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Calcifer, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Calcifer in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Calcifer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
Nicknames for Calcifer
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Calcifer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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