Callie

Meaning: Free man
Origin: Variant of Caroline (from Germanic)

Girl's name · #175 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Callie was #124 in 1880, slipped to #1189 by 1966, and has climbed back to #175 today. Roughly 70,000 girls have been named Callie since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#61 in Scotland (2025) · #92 in N. Ireland (2025) · #173 in Ireland (2025) · #186 in England & Wales (2025) · #591 in France (2025) · #1,478 in Switzerland (2025) · #189 in Canada (2024).

Famous Callies

Callie Khouri — American screenwriter, producer and director
Callie Thorne — American actress
Callie Hernandez — American actress
Callie Hart — English author
Callie Cooke — Actress from Leicestershire, England

In stories & tradition

Callie Torres — Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Callie — Splatoon (video game)

What Callies become

Among 56 notable people named Callie:

Sports figures appear 2× more often than among typical names — e.g. Callie Brownson, American football coach and player.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Kallie (#934), Callie would rank around #144 with about 2,000 births last year — the newborns split about 86/14 between Callie and Kallie.

Similar names: Cali · Daisy · Kate · Allie · Matilda · Nellie

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