Cally

Girl · KAL-ee · Greek

Cally is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies).

What does Cally 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.

Say it: KAL-ee

Meaning borrowed from Callie. More on Wiktionary.

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

Cally is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Cally in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #2,675among girls
Babies in 2025: 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 29% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Cally, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 36 girls.

Half of all the girls named Cally in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 478 girls in the UK were given Cally or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #135, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.

Callie 359
Cali 74
Kallie 27
Cally 10
Kalli 8

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 36 in 19962025

Cally in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	10	#2,675
2024	12	#2,323
2023	8	#3,098
2022	13	#2,157
2021	13	#2,202
2020	10	#2,566
2019	19	#1,651
2018	13	#2,198
2017	9	#2,864
2016	14	#2,111
2015	11	#2,458
2014	10	#2,618
2013	5	#4,267
2012	21	#1,579
2011	13	#2,152
2010	10	#2,540
2009	20	#1,507
2008	17	#1,679
2007	14	#1,874
2006	23	#1,229
2005	17	#1,451
2004	18	#1,342
2003	21	#1,156
2002	23	#1,053
2001	27	#910
2000	34	#755
1999	33	#766
1998	32	#789
1997	23	#995
1996	36	#709

How popular is Cally in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 114 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.

Half of all the girls named Cally in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.

1948Busiest: 114 in 19902024

Cally in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2024	8	#11,117
2023	14	#7,635
2022	9	#10,377
2021	14	#7,625
2020	15	#7,208
2019	0	–
2018	10	#9,801
2017	14	#7,836
2016	14	#7,985
2015	12	#8,926
2014	16	#7,300
2013	17	#7,027
2012	24	#5,555
2011	30	#4,680
2010	21	#6,180
2009	25	#5,535
2008	35	#4,359
2007	30	#4,806
2006	26	#5,232
2005	36	#3,938
2004	28	#4,703
2003	28	#4,531
2002	26	#4,617
2001	35	#3,699
2000	35	#3,659
1999	39	#3,242
1998	45	#2,886
1997	38	#3,102
1996	31	#3,564
1995	38	#3,017
1994	35	#3,229
1993	42	#2,820
1992	54	#2,381
1991	76	#1,851
1990	114	#1,381
1989	95	#1,503
1988	32	#3,090
1987	33	#2,913
1986	36	#2,681
1985	40	#2,439
1984	27	#3,143
1983	28	#2,974
1982	30	#2,958
1981	23	#3,532
1980	26	#3,215
1979	22	#3,541
1978	21	#3,512
1977	26	#3,001
1976	24	#3,001
1975	22	#3,155
1974	26	#2,757
1973	17	#3,634
1972	12	#4,522
1971	10	#5,134
1970	16	#3,711
1969	10	#4,722
1968	10	#4,488
1967	8	#4,981
1966	6	#5,808
1965	11	#3,951
1964	11	#4,095
1963	19	#2,863
1962	13	#3,591
1961	12	#3,792
1960	15	#3,211
1959	7	#5,030
1958	0	–
1957	8	#4,535
1956	0	–
1955	6	#5,207
1954	8	#4,276
1953	8	#4,225
1952	8	#4,122
1951	7	#4,384
1950	0	–
1949	0	–
1948	6	#4,649

Nicknames for Cally

Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025

Names like Cally

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Cassidy Caitlin Caragh Keira Caoimhe Molly Eden Cadi Teagan Ffion Casey Raegan

Other spellings of Cally

Callie Cali Kallie Kalli

Names related to Cally

Calla Callia Calli Calley Caley Kally Calaya Callee Caliya

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