Calley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAL-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Calley is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Calley come from?
Greek: spelling of Callie, a pet form of Calista or Caroline
Is Calley a girl's or a boy's name?
Calley 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 Calley in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 4 girls.
Calley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 2 | #7,411 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Calley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Calley, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1990, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Calley in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,681 girls in the US were given Calley 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.
Calley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Nicknames for Calley
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Calley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Caitlin Eden Caoimhe Keira Riley Kiara Lainey Casey Cassie Cadi Aubrey
Other spellings of Calley
Callie Cali Kallie Kalli Calli Kalleigh Calie Callee Kallee Kalley Kally
Names related to Calley
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Calley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calley, updated 20 October 2026.