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
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- 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.
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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 | #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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| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 52 spots since 2024 (#242 → #190)
- 244 spots since 2020 (#434 → #190)
- 497 spots since 2015 (#687 → #190)
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 2011 (#1,179 → #886)
- Biggest drop: 48 spots in 2016 (#687 → #735)
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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