Cale is an uncommon variant of Callie that peaked in 2008 and has since faded.
Cale is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,722 for boy births in the United States (and #5,841 across all names), given to 47 babies. Cale first appears in 1917 and peaked in 2008 (395 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,722 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 | — | #3,227 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,640 |
| 2022 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,879 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,432 |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,891 |
| 2019 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,864 |
| 2018 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,853 |
| 2017 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,278 |
| 2016 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,706 |
| 2015 | 140 | 140 | — | #1,279 |
| 2014 | 175 | 175 | — | #1,093 |
| 2013 | 180 | 180 | — | #1,054 |
| 2012 | 227 | 227 | — | #911 |
| 2011 | 259 | 259 | — | #833 |
| 2010 | 347 | 347 | #12,493 | #691 |
| 2009 | 377 | 377 | #10,101 | #669 |
| 2008 | 409 | 409 | #8,615 | #624 |
| 2007 | 340 | 340 | #7,451 | #714 |
| 2006 | 322 | 322 | #4,276 | #741 |
| 2005 | 262 | 262 | — | #758 |
| 2004 | 233 | 233 | — | #779 |
| 2003 | 237 | 237 | — | #754 |
| 2002 | 232 | 232 | — | #746 |
| 2001 | 194 | 194 | — | #837 |
| 2000 | 191 | 191 | — | #839 |
| 1999 | 166 | 166 | — | #903 |
| 1998 | 170 | 170 | — | #856 |
| 1997 | 132 | — | — | #981 |
| 1996 | 143 | — | — | #915 |
| 1995 | 119 | — | — | #1,016 |
| 1994 | 132 | — | — | #959 |
| 1993 | 138 | — | — | #916 |
| 1992 | 150 | — | — | #864 |
| 1991 | 148 | — | — | #863 |
| 1990 | 125 | — | — | #922 |
| 1989 | 120 | — | — | #926 |
| 1988 | 140 | — | — | #801 |
| 1987 | 162 | — | — | #717 |
| 1986 | 173 | — | — | #689 |
| 1985 | 186 | — | — | #642 |
| 1984 | 203 | — | — | #596 |
| 1983 | 128 | — | — | #764 |
| 1982 | 89 | — | — | #952 |
| 1981 | 89 | — | — | #955 |
| 1980 | 100 | — | — | #894 |
| 1979 | 94 | — | — | #902 |
| 1978 | 88 | — | — | #921 |
| 1977 | 102 | — | — | #847 |
| 1976 | 62 | — | — | #1,056 |
| 1975 | 62 | — | — | #1,055 |
| 1974 | 58 | — | — | #1,083 |
| 1973 | 43 | — | — | #1,256 |
| 1972 | 45 | — | — | #1,232 |
| 1971 | 76 | — | — | #935 |
| 1970 | 75 | — | — | #922 |
| 1969 | 60 | — | — | #990 |
| 1968 | 31 | — | — | #1,396 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | — | #2,799 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | — | #2,230 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | — | #3,654 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,058 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #4,023 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | — | #3,285 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | — | #3,948 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | — | #3,807 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | — | #3,419 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | — | #3,612 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | — | #3,837 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | — | #3,646 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | — | #4,392 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | — | #2,989 |