Cal
Last seen for girls in 1955 at #5,828 · #542 for boys in 2025, 554 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,858since 1880
Cal over time
Rank among boys' names. Cal has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #542 | 554 | |
| 2024 | — | #670 | 409 | |
| 2023 | — | #711 | 373 | |
| 2022 | — | #748 | 343 | |
| 2021 | — | #879 | 263 | |
| 2020 | — | #935 | 235 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,167 | 166 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,234 | 150 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,175 | 159 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,183 | 160 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,252 | 144 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,340 | 129 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,568 | 99 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,687 | 90 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,687 | 88 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,725 | 88 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,665 | 94 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,692 | 90 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,562 | 100 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,669 | 85 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,554 | 90 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,565 | 84 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,478 | 88 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,384 | 95 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,400 | 89 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,408 | 88 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,580 | 69 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,515 | 72 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,242 | 93 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,079 | 112 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,275 | 84 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,822 | 47 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,680 | 52 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,371 | 68 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,632 | 51 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,870 | 41 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,106 | 33 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,815 | 37 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,400 | 23 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,725 | 36 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,698 | 36 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,458 | 43 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,748 | 32 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,929 | 28 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,765 | 32 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,104 | 24 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,279 | 20 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,707 | 31 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,630 | 31 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,782 | 25 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,453 | 34 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,823 | 24 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,374 | 37 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,605 | 26 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,183 | 41 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,364 | 31 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,131 | 43 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,335 | 33 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,035 | 53 | |
| 1963 | — | #911 | 67 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,069 | 51 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,136 | 48 | |
| 1960 | — | #940 | 65 | |
| 1959 | — | #993 | 60 | |
| 1958 | — | #969 | 61 | |
| 1957 | — | #849 | 78 | |
| 1956 | — | #889 | 71 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,091 | 47 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,068 | 49 |
| 1953 | — | #1,033 | 49 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,136 | 42 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,040 | 47 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,232 | 34 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,252 | 33 | |
| 1948 | — | #989 | 50 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,093 | 44 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,355 | 27 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,296 | 26 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,235 | 29 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,308 | 28 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,358 | 26 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,471 | 21 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,425 | 22 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,689 | 17 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,481 | 21 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,326 | 25 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,422 | 23 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,760 | 19 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,468 | 26 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,331 | 30 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,287 | 32 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,300 | 31 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,591 | 23 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,360 | 30 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,642 | 22 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,752 | 19 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,313 | 29 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,264 | 29 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,342 | 20 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,256 | 17 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,045 | 10 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | #609 | 12 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #688 | 10 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #479 | 14 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #392 | 19 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Cal was already there! It came in at #392, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Cal
- 128 spots since 2024 (#670 → #542)
- 393 spots since 2020 (#935 → #542)
- 710 spots since 2015 (#1,252 → #542)
- Biggest jump: 257 spots in 1897 (#982 → #725)
- Biggest drop: 448 spots in 1907 (#752 → #1,200)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #392 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1880–1898
- Highest: 1 in 3,083 boys born in 2025 were named Cal (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #392 in 1880, was only 1 in 5,815 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.7% of all boys named Cal (2,177) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | #392 (1880) | #658 |
| 1890s | 87 | #533 (1890) | #702 |
| 1900s | 59 | #752 (1906) | #1,049 |
| 1910s | 176 | #1,045 (1910) | #1,500 |
| 1920s | 249 | #1,287 (1924) | #1,542 |
| 1930s | 215 | #1,326 (1936) | #1,496 |
| 1940s | 309 | #989 (1948) | #1,269 |
| 1950s | 538 | #849 (1957) | #1,030 |
| 1960s | 458 | #911 (1963) | #1,171 |
| 1970s | 288 | #1,374 (1970) | #1,742 |
| 1980s | 333 | #1,458 (1984) | #1,837 |
| 1990s | 689 | #1,079 (1996) | #1,507 |
| 2000s | 903 | #1,384 (2002) | #1,538 |
| 2010s | 1,273 | #1,167 (2019) | #1,402 |
| 2020s | 2,177 | #542 (2025) | #748 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cal in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 388,383 of them was named Cal, which outranked 13.2% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 872 names at #5,753; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 41,607 of them was named Cal, which outranked 75.5% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,052Sherwin50
- #1,052Whitney50
- #1,052Williams50
- #1,068Cal49
- #1,068Arther49
- #1,068Ezell49
- #1,068Ford49
- #1,082Arnoldo48
- #1,082Collin48
- #1,082Davie48
Tied with 13 names at #1,068; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.