Callee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAL-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Callee is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Callee mean?
Greek: spelling of Callie; pet form of Calliope or Callista, also used for Caroline
“beautiful”
Began as a short form of longer names such as Calliope, Callista and Caroline before being used on its own.
Meaning borrowed from Callie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Callee a girl's or a boy's name?
Callee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Callee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Callee, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Callee than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Callee in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,681 girls in the US were given Callee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #126, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Callee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 37 | #4,130 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Nicknames for Callee
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Callee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brynlee, Teagan, Cassidy, Brylee, Brynn, Kaylee, Kaitlyn, Brooklyn, Braylee, Devyn, Reagan, Mckenna
Other spellings of Callee
Callie, Cali, Kallie, Kalli, Calli, Kalleigh, Calie, Calley, Kallee, Kalley, Kally
Names related to Callee
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Callee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/callee, updated 20 October 2026.