Callan
- #2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births
- #190 for boys in 2025, 1,917 births
- Given to boys 88.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,917 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,164since 1957
Callan over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #2,607 | 66 | #190 | 1,917 |
| 2024 | #3,047 | 53 | #242 | 1,455 |
| 2023 | #2,823 | 60 | #339 | 983 |
| 2022 | #3,470 | 45 | #354 | 930 |
| 2021 | #3,112 | 52 | #373 | 868 |
| 2020 | #4,548 | 29 | #434 | 686 |
| 2019 | #5,163 | 25 | #525 | 542 |
| 2018 | #3,438 | 45 | #589 | 465 |
| 2017 | #4,477 | 31 | #684 | 365 |
| 2016 | #4,250 | 34 | #735 | 332 |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | #687 | 365 |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | #668 | 384 |
| 2013 | #4,156 | 35 | #787 | 286 |
| 2012 | #4,601 | 31 | #830 | 263 |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | #886 | 234 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | #1,179 | 153 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | #1,825 | 81 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 | #1,792 | 83 |
| 2007 | #4,567 | 32 | #1,875 | 76 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | #2,449 | 50 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #2,653 | 41 |
| 2004 | #4,707 | 28 | #2,164 | 54 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | #2,470 | 42 |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 | #2,337 | 44 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 | #2,346 | 42 |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 | #2,993 | 29 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | #2,162 | 43 |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 | #2,349 | 37 |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 | #2,126 | 41 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | #2,845 | 42 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #2,935 | 40 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #3,218 | 35 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #2,886 | 40 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #2,799 | 41 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #2,251 | 50 | #2,599 | 22 |
| 1987 | #2,398 | 43 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 34 | #2,360 | 23 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #3,482 | 12 |
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| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
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| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1957
The first year at least five boys were named Callan! It came in at #3,993, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1971, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Callan 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
- Vermont#64 · 1 in 173
- New Hampshire#70 · 1 in 214
- Alaska#76 · 1 in 227
- South Dakota#77 · 1 in 256
- Massachusetts#86 · 1 in 330
Best ever in a state: #64 in Wyoming, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #64 | 7 | 1 in 173 |
| New Hampshire | #70 | 21 | 1 in 214 |
| Alaska | #76 | 10 | 1 in 227 |
| South Dakota | #77 | 15 | 1 in 256 |
| Massachusetts | #86 | 82 | 1 in 330 |
| Iowa | #92 | 39 | 1 in 355 |
| Connecticut | #97 | 37 | 1 in 357 |
| Colorado | #115 | 62 | 1 in 433 |
| Minnesota | #118 | 53 | 1 in 462 |
| North Dakota | #120 | 10 | 1 in 336 |
| West Virginia | #121 | 16 | 1 in 385 |
| Rhode Island | #125 | 9 | 1 in 347 |
| Wisconsin | #125 | 49 | 1 in 478 |
| Maine | #126 | 10 | 1 in 384 |
| Montana | #127 | 10 | 1 in 376 |
| Kansas | #136 | 28 | 1 in 502 |
| Pennsylvania | #140 | 90 | 1 in 581 |
| Washington | #143 | 57 | 1 in 575 |
| Nebraska | #150 | 18 | 1 in 490 |
| Oregon | #158 | 26 | 1 in 579 |
| Ohio | #159 | 86 | 1 in 611 |
| Maryland | #176 | 34 | 1 in 673 |
| Missouri | #181 | 39 | 1 in 713 |
| Virginia | #182 | 50 | 1 in 745 |
| Oklahoma | #187 | 26 | 1 in 680 |
| Idaho | #188 | 14 | 1 in 616 |
| New Jersey | #189 | 52 | 1 in 765 |
| Indiana | #192 | 44 | 1 in 720 |
| South Carolina | #194 | 29 | 1 in 731 |
| North Carolina | #196 | 64 | 1 in 804 |
| Tennessee | #198 | 46 | 1 in 799 |
| Delaware | #203 | 5 | 1 in 589 |
| Illinois | #205 | 57 | 1 in 869 |
| Hawaii | #214 | 5 | 1 in 584 |
| Alabama | #215 | 26 | 1 in 828 |
| Utah | #225 | 23 | 1 in 855 |
| Arizona | #234 | 34 | 1 in 962 |
| California | #235 | 158 | 1 in 1,111 |
| Michigan | #241 | 42 | 1 in 957 |
| Florida | #242 | 85 | 1 in 1,124 |
| Georgia | #252 | 49 | 1 in 1,025 |
| New York | #252 | 76 | 1 in 1,111 |
| Texas | #261 | 151 | 1 in 1,159 |
| Nevada | #267 | 11 | 1 in 1,027 |
| Kentucky | #281 | 19 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Arkansas | #305 | 11 | 1 in 1,144 |
| Mississippi | #312 | 10 | 1 in 1,084 |
| Louisiana | #376 | 13 | 1 in 1,472 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Callan
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 244 spots since 2020 (#434 → #190)
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 2011
- Biggest drop: 48 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · boys
68 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2025 at #190 (1,917 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 891
- Highest: 1 in 891 boys born in 2025 were named Callan (0.11%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 61.3% of all boys named Callan (6,839) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2001
- Mostly girls until 2000, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,993 (1957) | #3,993 |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,048 (1963) | #4,048 |
| 1970s | 19 | #4,054 (1973) | #4,431 |
| 1980s | 113 | #2,360 (1986) | #3,709 |
| 1990s | 252 | #2,126 (1997) | #3,065 |
| 2000s | 542 | #1,792 (2008) | #2,290 |
| 2010s | 3,389 | #525 (2019) | #757 |
| 2020s | 6,839 | #190 (2025) | #322 |
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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