Cal is an uncommon variant of Cali that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2025.
Cal is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #543 for boy births in the United States (and #1,097 across all names), given to 554 babies. Cal first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2025 (554 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 554 | 554 | — | #543 |
| 2024 | 409 | 409 | — | #670 |
| 2023 | 373 | 373 | — | #712 |
| 2022 | 343 | 343 | — | #748 |
| 2021 | 263 | 263 | — | #879 |
| 2020 | 235 | 235 | — | #937 |
| 2019 | 166 | 166 | — | #1,168 |
| 2018 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,235 |
| 2017 | 159 | 159 | — | #1,176 |
| 2016 | 160 | 160 | — | #1,185 |
| 2015 | 144 | 144 | — | #1,255 |
| 2014 | 129 | 129 | — | #1,341 |
| 2013 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,570 |
| 2012 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,689 |
| 2011 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,688 |
| 2010 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,728 |
| 2009 | 94 | 94 | — | #1,668 |
| 2008 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,693 |
| 2007 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,566 |
| 2006 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,672 |
| 2005 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,558 |
| 2004 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,567 |
| 2003 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,481 |
| 2002 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,388 |
| 2001 | 89 | 89 | — | #1,403 |
| 2000 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,410 |
| 1999 | 69 | 69 | — | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 72 | 72 | — | #1,518 |
| 1997 | 93 | — | — | #1,242 |
| 1996 | 112 | — | — | #1,080 |
| 1995 | 84 | — | — | #1,275 |
| 1994 | 47 | — | — | #1,829 |
| 1993 | 52 | — | — | #1,682 |
| 1992 | 68 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1991 | 51 | — | — | #1,632 |
| 1990 | 41 | — | — | #1,876 |
| 1989 | 33 | — | — | #2,108 |
| 1988 | 37 | — | — | #1,821 |
| 1987 | 23 | — | — | #2,405 |
| 1986 | 36 | — | — | #1,729 |
| 1985 | 36 | — | — | #1,703 |
| 1984 | 43 | — | — | #1,461 |
| 1983 | 32 | — | — | #1,754 |
| 1982 | 28 | — | — | #1,936 |
| 1981 | 33 | — | — | #1,731 |
| 1980 | 32 | — | — | #1,770 |
| 1979 | 24 | — | — | #2,111 |
| 1978 | 20 | — | — | #2,291 |
| 1977 | 31 | — | — | #1,712 |
| 1976 | 34 | — | — | #1,577 |
| 1975 | 31 | — | — | #1,634 |
| 1974 | 28 | — | — | #1,698 |
| 1973 | 25 | — | — | #1,784 |
| 1972 | 34 | — | — | #1,456 |
| 1971 | 24 | — | — | #1,826 |
| 1970 | 37 | — | — | #1,375 |
| 1969 | 26 | — | — | #1,609 |
| 1968 | 41 | — | — | #1,189 |
| 1967 | 31 | — | — | #1,366 |
| 1966 | 43 | — | — | #1,133 |
| 1965 | 33 | — | — | #1,337 |
| 1964 | 53 | — | — | #1,036 |
| 1963 | 67 | — | — | #911 |
| 1962 | 51 | — | — | #1,072 |
| 1961 | 48 | — | — | #1,139 |
| 1960 | 65 | — | — | #942 |
| 1959 | 60 | — | — | #993 |
| 1958 | 61 | — | — | #969 |
| 1957 | 78 | — | — | #849 |
| 1956 | 71 | — | — | #889 |
| 1955 | 52 | — | #5,930 | #1,091 |
| 1954 | 54 | — | #5,831 | #1,069 |
| 1953 | 49 | — | — | #1,036 |
| 1952 | 42 | — | — | #1,137 |
| 1951 | 47 | — | — | #1,040 |
| 1950 | 34 | — | — | #1,235 |
| 1949 | 33 | — | — | #1,255 |
| 1948 | 50 | — | — | #990 |
| 1947 | 44 | — | — | #1,095 |
| 1946 | 27 | — | — | #1,356 |
| 1945 | 26 | — | — | #1,301 |
| 1944 | 29 | — | — | #1,236 |
| 1943 | 28 | — | — | #1,312 |
| 1942 | 26 | — | — | #1,361 |
| 1941 | 25 | — | — | #1,336 |
| 1940 | 21 | — | — | #1,477 |
| 1939 | 22 | — | — | #1,426 |
| 1938 | 17 | — | — | #1,697 |
| 1937 | 21 | — | — | #1,489 |
| 1936 | 25 | — | — | #1,327 |
| 1935 | 23 | — | — | #1,425 |
| 1934 | 23 | — | — | #1,428 |
| 1933 | 21 | — | — | #1,507 |
| 1932 | 23 | — | — | #1,471 |
| 1931 | 21 | — | — | #1,549 |
| 1930 | 19 | — | — | #1,700 |
| 1929 | 15 | — | — | #2,013 |
| 1928 | 19 | — | — | #1,770 |
| 1927 | 26 | — | — | #1,480 |
| 1926 | 30 | — | — | #1,332 |
| 1925 | 21 | — | — | #1,686 |
| 1924 | 32 | — | — | #1,295 |
| 1923 | 31 | — | — | #1,304 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | — | #1,597 |
| 1921 | 30 | — | — | #1,367 |
| 1920 | 22 | — | — | #1,652 |
| 1919 | 19 | — | — | #1,761 |
| 1918 | 29 | — | — | #1,316 |
| 1917 | 29 | — | — | #1,271 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | — | #2,404 |
| 1915 | 26 | — | — | #1,310 |
| 1914 | 20 | — | — | #1,348 |
| 1913 | 17 | — | — | #1,264 |
| 1912 | 7 | — | — | #2,076 |
| 1911 | 8 | — | — | #1,303 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | — | #1,054 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | — | #1,485 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | — | #1,407 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | — | #1,216 |
| 1906 | 11 | — | — | #762 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #937 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | — | #1,029 |
| 1902 | 8 | — | — | #873 |
| 1900 | 10 | — | — | #848 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | — | #814 |
| 1897 | 9 | — | — | #733 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | — | #1,000 |
| 1895 | 12 | — | — | #611 |
| 1894 | 9 | — | — | #743 |
| 1893 | 11 | — | — | #620 |
| 1892 | 10 | — | — | #694 |
| 1891 | 9 | — | — | #653 |
| 1890 | 13 | — | — | #540 |
| 1889 | 13 | — | — | #530 |
| 1888 | 9 | — | — | #710 |
| 1887 | 5 | — | — | #949 |
| 1886 | 7 | — | — | #775 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | — | #957 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | — | #869 |
| 1883 | 14 | — | — | #484 |
| 1882 | 16 | — | — | #457 |
| 1881 | 10 | — | — | #568 |
| 1880 | 19 | — | — | #393 |