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

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Peak · boys
#392
1880 · 19 births
Debut · boys
1880
19 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,858
since 1880

Cal over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cal has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #392, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#542554
2024—#670409
2023—#711373
2022—#748343
2021—#879263
2020—#935235
2019—#1,167166
2018—#1,234150
2017—#1,175159
2016—#1,183160
2015—#1,252144
2014—#1,340129
2013—#1,56899
2012—#1,68790
2011—#1,68788
2010—#1,72588
2009—#1,66594
2008—#1,69290
2007—#1,562100
2006—#1,66985
2005—#1,55490
2004—#1,56584
2003—#1,47888
2002—#1,38495
2001—#1,40089
2000—#1,40888
1999—#1,58069
1998—#1,51572
1997—#1,24293
1996—#1,079112
1995—#1,27584
1994—#1,82247
1993—#1,68052
1992—#1,37168
1991—#1,63251
1990—#1,87041
1989—#2,10633
1988—#1,81537
1987—#2,40023
1986—#1,72536
1985—#1,69836
1984—#1,45843
1983—#1,74832
1982—#1,92928
1981—#1,72633
1980—#1,76532
1979—#2,10424
1978—#2,27920
1977—#1,70731
1976—#1,57234
1975—#1,63031
1974—#1,69228
1973—#1,78225
1972—#1,45334
1971—#1,82324
1970—#1,37437
1969—#1,60526
1968—#1,18341
1967—#1,36431
1966—#1,13143
1965—#1,33533
1964—#1,03553
1963—#91167
1962—#1,06951
1961—#1,13648
1960—#94065
1959—#99360
1958—#96961
1957—#84978
1956—#88971
1955#5,8285#1,09147
1954#5,7535#1,06849
1953—#1,03349
1952—#1,13642
1951—#1,04047
1950—#1,23234
1949—#1,25233
1948—#98950
1947—#1,09344
1946—#1,35527
1945—#1,29626
1944—#1,23529
1943—#1,30828
1942—#1,35826
1941—#1,33325
1940—#1,47121
1939—#1,42522
1938—#1,68917
1937—#1,48121
1936—#1,32625
1935—#1,42223
1934—#1,42523
1933—#1,49821
1932—#1,46523
1931—#1,53821
1930—#1,69319
1929—#2,00215
1928—#1,76019
1927—#1,46826
1926—#1,33130
1925—#1,67921
1924—#1,28732
1923—#1,30031
1922—#1,59123
1921—#1,36030
1920—#1,64222
1919—#1,75219
1918—#1,31329
1917—#1,26429
1916—#2,38911
1915—#1,30626
1914—#1,34220
1913—#1,25617
1912—#2,0457
1911—#1,2908
1910—#1,04510
1909—#1,4405
1908—#1,3735
1907—#1,2006
1906—#75211
1905—#9198
1904——
1903—#1,0096
1902—#8628
1901——
1900—#83610
1899——
1898—#8048
1897—#7259
1896—#9826
1895—#60912
1894—#7309
1893—#61511
1892—#68810
1891—#6359
1890—#53313
1889—#52513
1888—#7049
1887—#9215
1886—#7587
1885—#9365
1884—#8486
1883—#47914
1882—#45316
1881—#56310
1880—#39219
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #392 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 1884, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1880–1898
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,083
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 27.7% of all boys named Cal (2,177) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s104#392 (1880)#658
1890s87#533 (1890)#702
1900s59#752 (1906)#1,049
1910s176#1,045 (1910)#1,500
1920s249#1,287 (1924)#1,542
1930s215#1,326 (1936)#1,496
1940s309#989 (1948)#1,269
1950s538#849 (1957)#1,030
1960s458#911 (1963)#1,171
1970s288#1,374 (1970)#1,742
1980s333#1,458 (1984)#1,837
1990s689#1,079 (1996)#1,507
2000s903#1,384 (2002)#1,538
2010s1,273#1,167 (2019)#1,402
2020s2,177#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 1955

girls
#5,828
5 births · 1 in 391,055 girls
boys
#1,091
47 births · 1 in 43,827 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #5,828Cal5

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #1,091Cal47
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 391,055 of them was named Cal, which outranked 13.4% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cal
  1. #5,208Yvonnia6
  2. #5,208Zeena6
  3. #5,208Zera6
  4. #5,828Cal5
  5. #5,828Abagail5
  6. #5,828Abelina5
  7. #5,828Adalene5

Tied with 904 names at #5,828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 43,827 of them was named Cal, which outranked 75.2% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cal
  1. #1,084Reyes48
  2. #1,084Rollie48
  3. #1,084Sydney48
  4. #1,091Cal47
  5. #1,091Fabian47
  6. #1,091Glendon47
  7. #1,091Jewell47
  8. #1,102Charlton46
  9. #1,102Elmore46
  10. #1,102Patsy46

Tied with 10 names at #1,091; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955 →