Callan

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Callan is ranked 242nd among boys in 2024 (1,452 births). Its best rank was 242nd, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #242up 97 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,4520.08% of boys
Peak year: 20241,452 births
Best rank: #242in 2024
Since 1957: 10,647people given the name

Babies named Callan, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

9,243 boys have been named Callan in the United States since 1957, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,452 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 53%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,404 girls have also been given it, 13% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Callan
1950s	5
1960s	5
1970s	19
1980s	113
1990s	252
2000s	542
2010s	3,389
2020s	4,918

In 2024, its biggest year

Callan was the 242nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Callan

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.