Boy · #542 in 2025

Cal

Cal: popularity and trends since 1880

Popularity, 1880–2025

per 100,000 boys born

Cal per 100,000 boys born, by year. Peak: 2025. Gaps are years with fewer than five births, which SSA does not publish. Source: SSA, 1880–2025.

Cal has been rising: its share of boys born has grown over the last 10 years. 2025 is its highest share on record.

Names of the other sex that are about as common right now, so two siblings' names do not sound a generation apart.