Cal
10
Babies in 2024
-17%
10-year change
2003
Peak · 14
+150%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Cal
Cal peaked among UK boys' names in the early 2000s (14 babies in 2003) and has remained in active use — 10 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Cal reached its peak in 2003, when 14 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,188 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 10 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 27 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 191 boys have been officially registered with the name Cal in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 77 boys were registered with the name, starting from 12 in 2014 and ending at 10 in 2024.