Callan

Where Callan comes from

Borrowed from Irish Ó Cathaláin (“descendant of Cathalán”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Callan
Along the way
  1. 1957
    First appearance
    #3,993 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Callan Mulvey born
    New Zealand-born Australian actor
  3. 1995
    Callan McAuliffe born
    actor
  4. 2001
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #190
    1,917 babies named Callan — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Callan McAuliffe · actor, born 1995
  • Callan Mulvey · New Zealand-born Australian actor, born 1975
  • Callan Elliot · New Zealand association football player, born 1999
  • Callan Foote · American ice hockey player, born 1998
  • Callan Chythlook-Sifsof · American snowboarder, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.