Kally
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAL-ee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Kally is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Kally 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 Kally a girl's or a boy's name?
Kally is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kally in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kally in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kally in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 2 | #5,472 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Kally in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Kally, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
2025 had fewer girls named Kally than any year since 1968.
Half of all the girls named Kally in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,681 girls in the US were given Kally or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #126, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
Kally in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,627 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,648 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 17 | #3,065 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,979 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
Nicknames for Kally
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kally
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Cassidy Kiara Caitlin Eden Caoimhe Eilidh Molly Ffion Kennedy Caragh Teagan
Other spellings of Kally
Callie Cali Kallie Kalli Calli Kalleigh Calie Callee Calley Kallee Kalley
Names related to Kally
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, “Kally: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kally, updated 20 October 2026.