Given name
Callee
“crowned with laurel”·“one who is slender”
Callee is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Callee is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Callee is a variant of Cayla. An origin associated with Cayla is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Callee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 790
- 0 boys · 790 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,159 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,159 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 41.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 689 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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