Cally

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cally: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cally: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #434 in 2018, and it stood at #790 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#434highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#703
1997	#1015
1998	#737
1999	#900
2000	#728
2001	#898
2002	#1032
2003	#1224
2004	#1383
2005	#1500
2006	#1280
2007	#2085
2008	#1641
2009	#1752
2010	#2843
2011	#2432
2012	#1991
2013	#4739
2014	#2659
2015	#2496
2016	#2120
2017	#2925
2018	#2674
2019	#1703
2020	#3117
2021	#2201
2022	#2325
2023	#3598
2024	#2771

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #2771 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #703 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Cally by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cally in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	108	4 of 10	27
2000sbusiest	189	10 of 10	19
2010s	102	10 of 10	10
2020s	45	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cally appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #434 in Northern Ireland in 2018.

Cally's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1280	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1032	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#898	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#728	32	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#900	24	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#737	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1015	20	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#703	33	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #434, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 33 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Emily-Jane · #434, 29y
Ash · #433, 28y
Jadon · #433, 28y
Aleigha · #432, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Arielle · #434, 29y
Daisy-May · #434, 29y
Emily-Jane · #434, 29y
Zidane · #434, 27y

Cally was ranked #434 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2018. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Cally and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cally without appearing here.

Cally moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1703 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2201 and #5581.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4739 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #4684.
Brittany Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #2925 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Cally

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1703 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #1313.
Francis Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #2488 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #1863.
Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #1959.
Marilyn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2325 and #2673 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #2063.

Moved the opposite way to Cally

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cally went from #703 to #2771 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cally went from #703 to #2771 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cally went from #703 to #2771 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cally went from #703 to #2771 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Cally

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cally went from #703 to #2771 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cally went from #703 to #2771 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cally went from #703 to #2771 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cally went from #703 to #2771 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #434 in Northern Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Cally at a glance

What the data shows

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Cally by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Cally at a glance

Cally by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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