Cal Popularity by Year
Follow Cal across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Cal birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 554 | #542 | Up 128 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 409 | #670 | Up 41 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 373 | #711 | Up 37 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 343 | #748 | Up 131 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 263 | #879 | Up 56 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 235 | #935 | Up 232 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 166 | #1,167 | Up 67 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 150 | #1,234 | Down 59 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 159 | #1,175 | Up 8 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 160 | #1,183 | Up 69 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 144 | #1,252 | Up 88 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 129 | #1,340 | Up 228 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 99 | #1,568 | Up 119 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 90 | #1,687 | No rank change |
| 2011 | Boys | 88 | #1,687 | Up 38 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 88 | #1,725 | Down 60 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 94 | #1,665 | Up 27 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 90 | #1,692 | Down 130 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 100 | #1,562 | Up 107 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 85 | #1,669 | Down 115 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 90 | #1,554 | Up 11 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 84 | #1,565 | Down 87 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 88 | #1,478 | Down 94 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 95 | #1,384 | Up 16 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 89 | #1,400 | Up 8 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 88 | #1,408 | Up 172 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 69 | #1,580 | Down 65 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 72 | #1,515 | Down 273 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 93 | #1,242 | Down 163 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 112 | #1,079 | Up 196 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 84 | #1,275 | Up 547 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 47 | #1,822 | Down 142 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 52 | #1,680 | Down 309 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 68 | #1,371 | Up 261 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 51 | #1,632 | Up 238 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 41 | #1,870 | Up 236 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 33 | #2,106 | Down 291 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 37 | #1,815 | Up 585 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 23 | #2,400 | Down 675 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 36 | #1,725 | Down 27 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 36 | #1,698 | Down 240 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 43 | #1,458 | Up 290 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 32 | #1,748 | Up 181 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 28 | #1,929 | Down 203 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 33 | #1,726 | Up 39 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 32 | #1,765 | Up 339 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 24 | #2,104 | Up 175 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 20 | #2,279 | Down 572 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 31 | #1,707 | Down 135 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 34 | #1,572 | Up 58 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 31 | #1,630 | Up 62 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 28 | #1,692 | Up 90 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 25 | #1,782 | Down 329 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 34 | #1,453 | Up 370 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 24 | #1,823 | Down 449 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 37 | #1,374 | Up 231 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 26 | #1,605 | Down 422 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 41 | #1,183 | Up 181 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 31 | #1,364 | Down 233 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 43 | #1,131 | Up 204 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 33 | #1,335 | Down 300 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 53 | #1,035 | Down 124 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 67 | #911 | Up 158 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 51 | #1,069 | Up 67 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 48 | #1,136 | Down 196 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 65 | #940 | Up 53 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 60 | #993 | Down 24 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 61 | #969 | Down 120 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 78 | #849 | Up 40 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 71 | #889 | Up 202 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 47 | #1,091 | Down 23 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 5 | #5,828 | Down 75 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 49 | #1,068 | Down 35 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 5 | #5,753 | — |
| 1953 | Boys | 49 | #1,033 | Up 103 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 42 | #1,136 | Down 96 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 47 | #1,040 | Up 192 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 34 | #1,232 | Up 20 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 33 | #1,252 | Down 263 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 50 | #989 | Up 104 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 44 | #1,093 | Up 262 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 27 | #1,355 | Down 59 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 26 | #1,296 | Down 61 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 29 | #1,235 | Up 73 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 28 | #1,308 | Up 50 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 26 | #1,358 | Down 25 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 25 | #1,333 | Up 138 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 21 | #1,471 | Down 46 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 22 | #1,425 | Up 264 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 17 | #1,689 | Down 208 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 21 | #1,481 | Down 155 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 25 | #1,326 | Up 96 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 23 | #1,422 | Up 3 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 23 | #1,425 | Up 73 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 21 | #1,498 | Down 33 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 23 | #1,465 | Up 73 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 21 | #1,538 | Up 155 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 19 | #1,693 | Up 309 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 15 | #2,002 | Down 242 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 19 | #1,760 | Down 292 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 26 | #1,468 | Down 137 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 30 | #1,331 | Up 348 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 21 | #1,679 | Down 392 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 32 | #1,287 | Up 13 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 31 | #1,300 | Up 291 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 23 | #1,591 | Down 231 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 30 | #1,360 | Up 282 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 22 | #1,642 | Up 110 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 19 | #1,752 | Down 439 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 29 | #1,313 | Down 49 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 29 | #1,264 | Up 1,125 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 11 | #2,389 | Down 1,083 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 26 | #1,306 | Up 36 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 20 | #1,342 | Down 86 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 17 | #1,256 | Up 789 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 7 | #2,045 | Down 755 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 8 | #1,290 | Down 245 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 10 | #1,045 | Up 395 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 5 | #1,440 | Down 67 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 5 | #1,373 | Down 173 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 6 | #1,200 | Down 448 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 11 | #752 | Up 167 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 8 | #919 | Up 90 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 6 | #1,009 | Down 147 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 8 | #862 | Down 26 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 10 | #836 | Down 32 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 8 | #804 | Down 79 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 9 | #725 | Up 257 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 6 | #982 | Down 373 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 12 | #609 | Up 121 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 9 | #730 | Down 115 places |
| 1893 | Boys | 11 | #615 | Up 73 places |
| 1892 | Boys | 10 | #688 | Down 53 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 9 | #635 | Down 102 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 13 | #533 | Down 8 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 13 | #525 | Up 179 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 9 | #704 | Up 217 places |
| 1887 | Boys | 5 | #921 | Down 163 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 7 | #758 | Up 178 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 5 | #936 | Down 88 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 6 | #848 | Down 369 places |
| 1883 | Boys | 14 | #479 | Down 26 places |
| 1882 | Boys | 16 | #453 | Up 110 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 10 | #563 | Down 171 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 19 | #392 | — |