How rare is the name Callen?

6,074 people in the United States have the first name Callen, about 1 in 49,725. It ranks #3,428 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CALLEN

#3,428

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,074
About
1 in 49,725
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 6,074 people named Callen, 83.6% reported their origin as White, 6.1% as two or more races and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 91.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Callen peaked in 2023, when 721 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
721
In 2025*
598 ▼17%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,105 babies have been given the name since 1954. 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.

Callen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #955. The largest share of babies named Callen, 75.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#8,59342
1960s#10,11337
1970s#20,24311
1980s#6,642187
1990s#5,240370
2000s#4,643620
2010s#1,1634,924
2020s#9553,914
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–964.3%
Generation Z 1997–1219.7%
2013 and later75.1%

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 Callen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Callen has been most common in Nebraska (2.4×), Wisconsin (2.3×), and Iowa (2.1×), and least common in Mississippi (0.35×).

8,168 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.

Either side of Callen

#3,426 Samia · 6,085#3,427 Mariann · 6,075#3,429 Valentine · 6,072#3,430 Branson · 6,068

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,704 Callan · 5,479#6,596 Calen · 2,415#13,961 Caylen · 853#18,554 Caelen · 580#21,754 Callyn · 464#22,003 Cailen · 456#30,611 Calleen · 284#35,789 Callin · 224

Also a last name

As a last name, Callen ranks #10,174 of 156,621, with 3,017 people. See Callen as a last name

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