Cal
#1,342 most common boys' name of all time · #3,223 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#1,342
Rank overall
#3,223 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
7,868
Since 2016
2,812
Peak year
2025 #542
Best rank
#393 1880
Girls
Boys
peak 554/yr
Cal is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 554 | 554 | #542 |
| 2024 | — | 409 | 409 | #672 |
| 2023 | — | 373 | 373 | #711 |
| 2022 | — | 343 | 343 | #748 |
| 2021 | — | 263 | 263 | #880 |
| 2020 | — | 235 | 235 | #936 |
| 2019 | — | 166 | 166 | #1,167 |
| 2018 | — | 150 | 150 | #1,235 |
| 2017 | — | 159 | 159 | #1,175 |
| 2016 | — | 160 | 160 | #1,184 |
| 2015 | — | 144 | 144 | #1,252 |
| 2014 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,340 |
| 2013 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,569 |
| 2012 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,687 |
| 2011 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,688 |
| 2010 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,725 |
| 2009 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,667 |
| 2008 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,693 |
| 2007 | — | 100 | 100 | #1,562 |
| 2006 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,670 |
| 2005 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,554 |
| 2004 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,568 |
| 2003 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,478 |
| 2002 | — | 95 | 95 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | — | 89 | 89 | #1,401 |
| 2000 | — | 88 | 88 | #1,408 |
| 1999 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,515 |
| 1997 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,243 |
| 1996 | — | 112 | 112 | #1,079 |
| 1995 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,275 |
| 1994 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,823 |
| 1993 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,681 |
| 1992 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,372 |
| 1991 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,634 |
| 1990 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,871 |
| 1989 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,111 |
| 1988 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,816 |
| 1987 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,401 |
| 1986 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,725 |
| 1985 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,699 |
| 1984 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,460 |
| 1983 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,751 |
| 1982 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,935 |
| 1981 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1980 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,770 |
| 1979 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,107 |
| 1978 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,281 |
| 1977 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,708 |
| 1976 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,574 |
| 1975 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,632 |
| 1974 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,694 |
| 1973 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,782 |
| 1972 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,456 |
| 1971 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,824 |
| 1970 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,376 |
| 1969 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,608 |
| 1968 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,187 |
| 1967 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,367 |
| 1966 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,133 |
| 1965 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,337 |
| 1964 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,037 |
| 1963 | — | 67 | 67 | #913 |
| 1962 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,074 |
| 1961 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,136 |
| 1960 | — | 65 | 65 | #940 |
| 1959 | — | 60 | 60 | #995 |
| 1958 | — | 61 | 61 | #970 |
| 1957 | — | 78 | 78 | #849 |
| 1956 | — | 71 | 71 | #889 |
| 1955 | 5 | 47 | 52 | #1,093 |
| 1954 | 5 | 49 | 54 | #1,068 |
| 1953 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,033 |
| 1952 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,137 |
| 1951 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,040 |
| 1950 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,237 |
| 1949 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1948 | — | 50 | 50 | #989 |
| 1947 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,097 |
| 1946 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,357 |
| 1945 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 1944 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 1943 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,312 |
| 1942 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 1941 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,338 |
| 1940 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,477 |
| 1939 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,431 |
| 1938 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,696 |
| 1937 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,484 |
| 1936 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1935 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,429 |
| 1934 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,427 |
| 1933 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,502 |
| 1932 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,473 |
| 1931 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,545 |
| 1930 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,698 |
| 1929 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,014 |
| 1928 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,765 |
| 1927 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,474 |
| 1926 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,334 |
| 1925 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,689 |
| 1924 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,289 |
| 1923 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,302 |
| 1922 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,594 |
| 1921 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,363 |
| 1920 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1919 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,757 |
| 1918 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,316 |
| 1917 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,268 |
| 1916 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,406 |
| 1915 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,309 |
| 1914 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,346 |
| 1913 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,262 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,060 |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,299 |
| 1910 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,055 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,470 |
| 1908 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,399 |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,219 |
| 1906 | — | 11 | 11 | #761 |
| 1905 | — | 8 | 8 | #930 |
| 1903 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,029 |
| 1902 | — | 8 | 8 | #875 |
| 1900 | — | 10 | 10 | #845 |
| 1898 | — | 8 | 8 | #822 |
| 1897 | — | 9 | 9 | #737 |
| 1896 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,000 |
| 1895 | — | 12 | 12 | #617 |
| 1894 | — | 9 | 9 | #737 |
| 1893 | — | 11 | 11 | #626 |
| 1892 | — | 10 | 10 | #699 |
| 1891 | — | 9 | 9 | #648 |
| 1890 | — | 13 | 13 | #536 |
| 1889 | — | 13 | 13 | #531 |
| 1888 | — | 9 | 9 | #713 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #947 |
| 1886 | — | 7 | 7 | #770 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #963 |
| 1884 | — | 6 | 6 | #863 |
| 1883 | — | 14 | 14 | #486 |
| 1882 | — | 16 | 16 | #457 |
| 1881 | — | 10 | 10 | #566 |
| 1880 | — | 19 | 19 | #393 |