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Callia

Girl · KAL-ee-a · Greek

Callia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “beauty”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).

What does Callia mean?

Greek: modern name from Greek kallos 'beauty'

“beauty”

Built on the Greek element kall- 'beautiful', found in names such as Calliope and Callista.

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Is Callia a girl's or a boy's name?

Callia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Callia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,101among girls
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 35,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadymuch the same
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Callia, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 9 girls.

Half of all the girls named Callia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were given Callia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #934, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

2004Busiest: 9 in 20182025
Callia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#3,101
20244#4,907
20237#3,388
20229#2,805
20215#4,148
20206#3,630
20194#4,904
20189#2,825
20175#4,250
20161#7,664
20150–
20143#5,920
20135#4,267
20125#4,390
20113#6,007
20105#4,220
20095#4,141
20081#7,383
20071#7,017
20068#2,657
20054#4,150
20045#3,356

How popular is Callia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,858among girls
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 150,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Callia, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.

Half of all the girls named Callia in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 178 girls in the US were given Callia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,139, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.

1997Busiest: 39 in 20112025
Callia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#8,858
202410#9,551
20239#10,307
202217#6,702
202116#6,962
202015#7,208
201913#8,134
201820#6,006
201718#6,527
201613#8,390
201517#6,974
201417#6,985
201338#3,916
201231#4,599
201139#3,842
201038#3,960
200933#4,481
200820#6,556
200721#6,319
200638#3,918
200526#4,954
200431#4,383
200322#5,414
200218#6,124
200115#6,951
20007#11,794
19997#11,378
19989#9,254
19978#9,797

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