Given name & surname
Callie
“crowned with laurel”·“one who is slender”·“a beautiful girl”
Callie is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. In English use, Callie has a related form in Kallie. One English interpretation is “a beautiful girl.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Callie is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. In English use, Callie has a related form in Kallie. One English interpretation is “a beautiful girl.” In English use, Callie is a diminutive of Caroline. In Latin use, Caroline carries the interpretation “a joyous song; a small, strong woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Callie is a variant of Cayla. An origin associated with Cayla is Hebrew. In English use, Callie has a related form in Kallie. An origin associated with Kallie is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Callie is a diminutive of Caroline.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Callie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70,827
- 637 boys · 70,190 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 1,763 babies
- 2025
- 1,754
- #175 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,754 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 175 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,763 in 2014. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (136). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 43,600 as a first name in 2020; 137 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Callie’s family of names
In English usage, Callie is a diminutive of Caroline. Callie has a related form in Cayla. In English usage, Callie has a related form in Kallie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Callie
- Callie KhouriAmerican screenwriter, producer and directorborn 1957
- Callie ThorneAmerican actressborn 1969
- Callie HernandezAmerican actressborn 1988
- Callie CrossleyAmerican broadcast journalistborn 1951
Characters named Callie: Callie Torres (Grey's Anatomy Character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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