Calvary
Mostly girls · KAL-vuh-ree · Latin
Calvary is a name of Latin origin, meaning “skull”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Calvary mean?
Latin: from Latin calvaria, translating Aramaic Golgotha
“skull”
Calvary is the hill outside Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified; its Latin name translates the Aramaic Golgotha.
- Say it
- KAL-vuh-ree
Is Calvary a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Calvary has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 20 boys in the US.
How popular is Calvary in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 girls in the US were named Calvary, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009. 20 boys were also named Calvary in 2025 (4,856th for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Calvary than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Calvary in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Calvary in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
Nicknames for Calvary
- Callie 359 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Calvary
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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