Callahan
- #1,747 for girls in 2025, 116 births
- #227 for boys in 2025, 1,566 births
- Given to boys 85.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,566 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,030since 1983
Callahan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,747 | 116 | #227 | 1,566 |
| 2024 | #2,218 | 85 | #364 | 908 |
| 2023 | #2,614 | 67 | #461 | 665 |
| 2022 | #2,425 | 75 | #519 | 571 |
| 2021 | #3,157 | 51 | #660 | 410 |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 | #806 | 288 |
| 2019 | #3,172 | 50 | #897 | 244 |
| 2018 | #4,076 | 35 | #1,026 | 200 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | #1,141 | 166 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #1,484 | 115 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | #1,804 | 83 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #1,884 | 77 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | #2,250 | 57 |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | #2,594 | 47 |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | #3,046 | 37 |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | #2,787 | 43 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | #2,847 | 42 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | #2,879 | 41 |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 | #3,083 | 35 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #2,960 | 35 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #2,599 | 41 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #3,186 | 29 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | #3,259 | 27 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | #2,797 | 33 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | #2,578 | 36 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #3,017 | 26 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1983
The first year at least five boys were named Callahan! It came in at #6,238, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983–1985, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Callahan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Montana#76 · 1 in 251
- New Hampshire#94 · 1 in 282
- South Dakota#94 · 1 in 296
- Missouri#95 · 1 in 409
- Wisconsin#96 · 1 in 378
Best ever in a state: #76 in Montana, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #76 | 15 | 1 in 251 |
| New Hampshire | #94 | 16 | 1 in 282 |
| South Dakota | #94 | 13 | 1 in 296 |
| Missouri | #95 | 68 | 1 in 409 |
| Wisconsin | #96 | 62 | 1 in 378 |
| Minnesota | #106 | 59 | 1 in 415 |
| North Dakota | #107 | 11 | 1 in 305 |
| Idaho | #113 | 22 | 1 in 392 |
| Iowa | #119 | 33 | 1 in 419 |
| Kansas | #124 | 31 | 1 in 453 |
| Michigan | #131 | 75 | 1 in 536 |
| Indiana | #150 | 55 | 1 in 576 |
| Nebraska | #150 | 18 | 1 in 490 |
| Oklahoma | #153 | 31 | 1 in 570 |
| Ohio | #161 | 85 | 1 in 618 |
| Maine | #172 | 7 | 1 in 549 |
| Tennessee | #180 | 52 | 1 in 707 |
| Arkansas | #181 | 20 | 1 in 629 |
| Oregon | #181 | 23 | 1 in 655 |
| Colorado | #185 | 37 | 1 in 726 |
| Utah | #185 | 29 | 1 in 678 |
| Alabama | #200 | 28 | 1 in 768 |
| Illinois | #212 | 55 | 1 in 901 |
| Washington | #220 | 36 | 1 in 911 |
| North Carolina | #222 | 56 | 1 in 919 |
| Pennsylvania | #235 | 52 | 1 in 1,005 |
| Nevada | #243 | 12 | 1 in 941 |
| South Carolina | #243 | 23 | 1 in 922 |
| Massachusetts | #264 | 22 | 1 in 1,228 |
| Virginia | #269 | 32 | 1 in 1,164 |
| New York | #276 | 67 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Maryland | #285 | 19 | 1 in 1,205 |
| Texas | #297 | 131 | 1 in 1,336 |
| Florida | #300 | 64 | 1 in 1,493 |
| Arizona | #308 | 25 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Kentucky | #319 | 16 | 1 in 1,284 |
| Connecticut | #326 | 9 | 1 in 1,467 |
| Georgia | #375 | 31 | 1 in 1,620 |
| Louisiana | #401 | 12 | 1 in 1,594 |
| New Jersey | #412 | 19 | 1 in 2,093 |
| California | #465 | 68 | 1 in 2,581 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Callahan
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 579 spots since 2020 (#806 → #227)
- Biggest jump: 146 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1983
- Peaked 2025 at #227 (1,566 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,091
- Highest: 1 in 1,091 boys born in 2025 were named Callahan (0.09%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 73.1% of all boys named Callahan (4,408) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
- Mostly girls until 1994, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 52 | #3,201 (1987) | #5,241 |
| 1990s | 154 | #2,795 (1999) | #4,497 |
| 2000s | 347 | #2,578 (2000) | #2,988 |
| 2010s | 1,069 | #897 (2019) | #1,891 |
| 2020s | 4,408 | #227 (2025) | #506 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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