Callie
Pronounced K AE1 L L AY1 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2014
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
- 2 spellings
How popular is Callie?
Callie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 82,887 children — the 414th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 2,224 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Kallai and Kally — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Callie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Kallai
- Kally
Characteristics
- Biblical (Other)
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K AE1 L L AY1 · K AO1 L IY0 · K EY1 EY1 EH1 L L AY1
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 10 · 1111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Callie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Callie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Callie?
- Callie ranks 414th among girls' names in US records, with 82,887 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 19,917.
- Is Callie a unisex name?
- No. Callie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Callie most popular?
- 2014, when 2,224 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Callie spelled?
- Kallai, Kally. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.