Given name

Calil

Calil is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Calil isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Calil through the years

Babies since 1880
221
221 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2021
15 babies
2025
8
#9,052 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+30%
Rising
02.557.51020002025Highest share 20214.7
Calil in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1997–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,052 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 30.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 170 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Calil, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Kahzi

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kawhi

19Very rareCooling

>99% boys

Modern

Karlisle

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

African · Modern

Kazi

“a hardworking man”

32RareRising fast

79% boys · 21% girls

Modern

Kaicyn

17Very rareRising fast

94% boys · 6% girls

Modern

Kasden

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kasion

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Calil’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Calil