The baby name Cali is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈkæli/ (KAL-ee).
The baby name Cali is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈkæli/ (KAL-ee).
Cali is in Origin.
Cali blends classical Greek roots with modern place-name flair. As a short form of Calista/Callista (from Greek kallistos, "most beautiful"), it inherits a meaning tied to beauty; it can also abbreviate Calliope ("beautiful-voiced") or Calla (linked to the lily and to kallos, "beauty"). In English it overlaps with the nickname Callie and is sometimes used as a streamlined variant of Kali, though the latter comes from Sanskrit and carries different meanings.
As a given name, Cali gained traction in the United States in the late 20th century and climbed through the 2000s, helped by the sunny association with California and the stylish -i ending. It also resonates as a geographic nod to the Colombian city of Cali. Common variants and spellings include Callie, Calli, Cally, Kalli, and Kali; related longer forms are Calista/Callista, Calliope, and Carolina/Caroline. The result is a bright, contemporary name with deep etymological roots.
| Name | Last Name(s) | Mother | Mother famous for | Fame Level | Father | Father famous for | Fame Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cali | Hetfield | James Hetfield | singer | ★★★★★ | |||
| Cali | Lynn Dream Taylor | The Game | musician | ★★★★★ |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 874 |
| ET | 0 | #6 | 1 | 246 | |
| DJ | 0 | #15 | 3 | 322 | |
| DJ | Boys | 0 | #31 | 6 | 657 |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #35 | 1 | 2,021 |
| TM | Boys | 0 | #36 | 1 | 614 |
| MT | 0 | #43 | 1 | 1,767 | |
| AL | 0 | #76 | 1 | 2,372 | |
| AO | 0 | #77 | 1 | 2,729 | |
| CN | 0 | #86 | 1 | 3,857 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #101 | 2 | 3,319 |
| SD | 0 | #102 | 1 | 2,130 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #133 | 3 | 1,786 |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #136 | 2 | 1,769 |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #151 | 1 | 4,216 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #153 | 1 | 3,773 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 2,277 |
| CR | 0 | #161 | 5 | 5,526 | |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #166 | 11 | 4,064 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2020 | #179 | 2 | 1,663 |
| UY | 0 | #181 | 2 | 2,477 | |
| Sweden | Boys | 2013 | #189 | 2 | 1,429 |
| AR | 0 | #192 | 2 | 2,915 | |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #204 | 8 | 3,402 |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #214 | 4 | 4,575 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #227 | 1 | 4,141 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #231 | 1 | 3,559 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #242 | 5 | 3,322 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #244 | 42 | 2,795 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #244 | 6 | 5,568 |
| GH | 0 | #247 | 2 | 5,396 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #248 | 2 | 6,293 |
| PT | 0 | #250 | 1 | 4,161 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #251 | 1 | 6,592 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #258 | 2 | 3,997 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #260 | 4 | 7,056 |
| YE | 0 | #268 | 117 | 8,639 | |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #270 | 4 | 6,912 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| SG | 0 | #281 | 2 | 11,010 | |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #288 | 2 | 8,139 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #294 | 1 | 3,687 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #299 | 110 | 3,185 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #300 | 4 | 5,122 |
| Canada | Boys | 2024 | #302 | 5 | 2,588 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| SA | 0 | #310 | 3 | 10,560 | |
| PE | 0 | #323 | 7 | 6,350 | |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #324 | 9 | 7,401 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #328 | 2 | 7,429 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #329 | 3 | 9,639 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| GT | 0 | #336 | 3 | 5,948 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #338 | 6 | 15,378 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| HK | 0 | #352 | 6 | 8,483 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #355 | 4 | 7,678 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #359 | 3 | 8,138 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #361 | 2 | 8,539 |
| BO | 0 | #369 | 13 | 6,868 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #372 | 19 | 13,098 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #376 | 12 | 2,865 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #377 | 5 | 7,951 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #387 | 101 | 10,188 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #402 | 7 | 11,440 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #406 | 8 | 5,922 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #407 | 39 | 10,523 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #411 | 618 | 8,487 |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #413 | 15 | 2,041 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #417 | 51 | 7,628 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #419 | 6 | 15,987 |
| CL | 0 | #432 | 3 | 6,867 | |
| MX | 0 | #440 | 6 | 8,339 | |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #442 | 33 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #464 | 18 | 9,305 |
| ZA | 0 | #467 | 8 | 14,421 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| CO | 0 | #502 | 9 | 7,768 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #513 | 6 | 9,861 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #520 | 4 | 11,913 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #524 | 69 | 9,244 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #525 | 2 | 12,621 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #534 | 3 | 6,731 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #540 | 2 | 7,500 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #543 | 11 | 20,968 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #546 | 2 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #555 | 7 | 19,177 |
| LY | 0 | #555 | 5 | 12,703 | |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #556 | 2 | 12,905 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #558 | 3 | 11,671 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #565 | 9 | 11,342 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #565 | 1 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #570 | 6 | 12,054 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #577 | 23 | 8,289 |
| BH | 0 | #581 | 7 | 17,937 | |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #598 | 18 | 16,104 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #599 | 13 | 9,488 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #604 | 2 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #625 | 8 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #654 | 12 | 13,390 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #678 | 251 | 15,656 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #680 | 28 | 18,093 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #692 | 6 | 13,071 |
| IT | 0 | #697 | 18 | 4,183 | |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #732 | 147 | 14,506 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| SY | 0 | #766 | 2 | 11,684 | |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #770 | 166 | 25,931 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #771 | 16 | 15,093 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #780 | 6 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #798 | 9 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #820 | 10 | 13,765 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #825 | 14 | 4,949 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #830 | 52 | 17,948 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #835 | 17 | 14,098 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #843 | 140 | 16,355 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #861 | 70 | 5,610 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #870 | 17 | 15,035 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #879 | 14 | 7,044 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #881 | 907 | 28,008 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #894 | 50 | 14,861 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #899 | 85 | 5,561 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #900 | 52 | 5,873 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #919 | 34 | 5,697 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #931 | 21 | 16,906 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #987 | 6 | 12,708 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,008 | 2 | 14,742 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,011 | 168 | 25,619 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,021 | 58 | 16,140 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,062 | 31 | 22,615 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,071 | 2 | 24,821 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,078 | 64 | 25,928 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,096 | 16 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,108 | 21 | 20,986 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,115 | 69 | 17,781 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,161 | 16 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,193 | 19 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,327 | 145 | 10,046 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,391 | 56 | 9,415 |
Cali is popular in 79 countries — most recent births per country:
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