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Callie

Callie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“most beautiful”
Origin
Greek
Say it
KAL-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually a diminutive of Calla, Callie, or Caroline-related names, often traced to Greek kallos or kalos. It can also serve as a nickname for Calista.

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How popular is Callie?

2024513 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Callie in 20241,708

2024 rank#176 girls

Peak year1890

Total US babies since 188069,066

Callie has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Callie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Kalithe black one · Sanskrit
  • Calimodern short form of California or Callie · American (modern coinage)
  • Kalliebeautiful · Greek
  • Callabeautiful · Greek
  • Sophiawisdom · Greek
  • Sofiawisdom · Greek
  • Chloeyoung green shoot · Greek
  • Zoelife · Greek

Callie questions

What does the name Callie mean?

Callie means "most beautiful". It comes from Greek. Usually a diminutive of Calla, Callie, or Caroline-related names, often traced to Greek kallos or kalos. It can also serve as a nickname for Calista.

Is Callie a boy or girl name?

Callie is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Callie?

1,708 US babies were named Callie in 2024. Its peak year was 1890.

How do you pronounce Callie?

Callie is usually pronounced KAL-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.