How rare is the name Callan?

5,479 people in the United States have the first name Callan, about 1 in 55,125. It ranks #3,704 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CALLAN

#3,704

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,479
About
1 in 55,125
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,479 people named Callan, 87% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as two or more races and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 79.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Callan peaked in 2025, when 1,983 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,983
In 2025*
1,983
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 12,634 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Callan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #557. The largest share of babies named Callan, 80%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#17,2535
1970s#17,22319
1980s#4,707312
1990s#3,672624
2000s#3,847814
2010s#1,4253,711
2020s#5577,144
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–965.7%
Generation Z 1997–1214%
2013 and later80%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Callan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Callan has been most common in New Hampshire (2.9×), Colorado (2.5×), and Minnesota (2.1×), and least common in Louisiana (0.29×).

9,927 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Callan

1 other first name also has 5,479 people.

#3,704 Filomena · 5,479

Either side of Callan

#3,702 Hadassah · 5,485#3,703 Kacy · 5,483#3,704 Filomena · 5,479#3,706 Azalea · 5,474

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Callan, most common first.

#3,428 Callen · 6,074#6,294 Caelan · 2,562#14,441 Calan · 816#21,754 Callyn · 464#23,465 Caylan · 417#26,023 Cailan · 361#35,789 Callin · 224

Also a last name

As a last name, Callan ranks #7,892 of 156,621, with 4,034 people. See Callan as a last name

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