Callen
- #6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births
- #516 for boys in 2025, 579 births
- Given to boys 94.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 687 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,501since 1954
Callen 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 | #6,116 | 19 | #516 | 579 |
| 2024 | #5,443 | 23 | #479 | 643 |
| 2023 | #4,191 | 34 | #450 | 687 |
| 2022 | #5,309 | 24 | #458 | 670 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 | #459 | 656 |
| 2020 | #4,757 | 27 | #534 | 527 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 | #551 | 511 |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | #573 | 482 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #566 | 480 |
| 2016 | #7,602 | 15 | #536 | 544 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | #520 | 554 |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #503 | 562 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #592 | 428 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #570 | 452 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #593 | 421 |
| 2010 | #8,271 | 14 | #698 | 334 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #1,638 | 96 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 | #1,932 | 74 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #1,861 | 77 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #2,477 | 49 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #2,265 | 52 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #2,788 | 37 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #2,428 | 43 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #2,632 | 36 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #2,274 | 39 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | #2,762 | 26 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | #3,751 | 17 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #2,989 | 21 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #2,641 | 20 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
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| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,037 | 8 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,449 | 11 | |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five boys were named Callen! It came in at #2,449, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1974, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Callen is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #210 | 29 | 1 in 808 |
| Iowa | #219 | 18 | 1 in 768 |
| Nebraska | #293 | 8 | 1 in 1,102 |
| Kansas | #297 | 12 | 1 in 1,171 |
| Idaho | #302 | 8 | 1 in 1,079 |
| Minnesota | #304 | 20 | 1 in 1,225 |
| Pennsylvania | #342 | 32 | 1 in 1,633 |
| Washington | #351 | 21 | 1 in 1,562 |
| Missouri | #368 | 17 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Connecticut | #382 | 7 | 1 in 1,887 |
| Oklahoma | #395 | 11 | 1 in 1,607 |
| Oregon | #398 | 9 | 1 in 1,673 |
| Kentucky | #404 | 12 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Ohio | #411 | 26 | 1 in 2,021 |
| Indiana | #412 | 17 | 1 in 1,863 |
| Colorado | #441 | 13 | 1 in 2,065 |
| Utah | #473 | 9 | 1 in 2,185 |
| North Carolina | #485 | 21 | 1 in 2,451 |
| Tennessee | #499 | 15 | 1 in 2,451 |
| Michigan | #517 | 16 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Maryland | #571 | 8 | 1 in 2,862 |
| Texas | #588 | 53 | 1 in 3,303 |
| Georgia | #594 | 17 | 1 in 2,954 |
| New Jersey | #607 | 11 | 1 in 3,615 |
| Virginia | #627 | 11 | 1 in 3,387 |
| Florida | #633 | 26 | 1 in 3,674 |
| Massachusetts | #690 | 6 | 1 in 4,504 |
| California | #699 | 39 | 1 in 4,499 |
| Illinois | #711 | 12 | 1 in 4,129 |
| New York | #716 | 20 | 1 in 4,221 |
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| Arizona | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,454 |
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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 Callen
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 37 spots since 2024 (#479 → #516)
- 18 spots since 2020 (#534 → #516)
- Biggest jump: 940 spots in 2010
- Biggest drop: 37 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
69 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2023 at #450 (687 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 2010–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,490
- Highest: 1 in 2,490 boys born in 2023 were named Callen (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,950 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 50.2% of all boys named Callen (4,768) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42 | #2,449 (1954) | #3,380 |
| 1960s | 37 | #2,685 (1960) | #3,283 |
| 1970s | 11 | #4,797 (1975) | #5,321 |
| 1980s | 113 | #2,509 (1988) | #3,716 |
| 1990s | 246 | #2,274 (1998) | #2,986 |
| 2000s | 522 | #1,638 (2009) | #2,410 |
| 2010s | 4,768 | #503 (2014) | #570 |
| 2020s | 3,762 | #450 (2023) | #483 |
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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