NameTides

Callahan

Callahan was the #227 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,566 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #373 in Canada.

Callahan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Callahan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Callahan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#227 (1,566)#2,269 (10)—#373 (87)
2024#364 (908)#3,689 (5)#619 (4)#567 (48)
2023#461 (665)#4,108 (4)—#652 (40)
2022#519 (571)#3,450 (5)—#833 (30)
2021#660 (410)#3,990 (4)—#1,076 (21)
2020#806 (288)#2,960 (6)—#1,176 (18)
2019#897 (244)——#1,998 (8)
2018#1,026 (200)——#1,389 (13)
2017#1,141 (166)———
2016#1,484 (115)——#1,578 (11)
2015#1,804 (83)——#2,139 (7)
2014#1,884 (77)——#2,371 (6)
2013#2,250 (57)———
2012#2,594 (47)———
2011#3,046 (37)———

Callahan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Canada
Callahan as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Callahan as a girl’s name, US, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSCanada
2025#1,747 (116)—
2024#2,218 (85)#3,383 (5)
2023#2,614 (67)—
2022#2,425 (75)—
2021#3,157 (51)#3,280 (5)
2020#3,607 (41)—
2019#3,172 (50)—
2018#4,076 (35)—
2017#4,384 (32)—
2016#4,990 (27)—
2015#4,981 (27)—
2014#5,993 (21)—
2013#5,834 (22)—
2012#5,557 (24)—
2011#6,564 (19)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #227.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1983.
  • In 2025, 7% of US babies named Callahan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Callahan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 890 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 710 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Callahan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #96WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #94NHWashington: #220WAIdaho: #113IDMontana: #76MTNorth Dakota: #107NDMinnesota: #106MNIllinois: #212ILMichigan: #131MINew York: #276NYMassachusetts: #264MAOregon: #181ORNevada: #243NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #94SDIowa: #119IAIndiana: #150INOhio: #161OHPennsylvania: #235PANew Jersey: #412NJConnecticut: #326CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #465CAUtah: #185UTColorado: #185CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #95MOKentucky: #319KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #269VAMaryland: #285MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #308AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #124KSArkansas: #181ARTennessee: #180TNNorth Carolina: #222NCSouth Carolina: #243SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #153OKLouisiana: #401LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #200ALGeorgia: #375GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #297TXFlorida: #300FL
Callahan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#60719

Callahan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CallahanCanadaGirls—too few
CallahanCanadaBoys#37387
CallahanEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
CallahanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CallahanScotlandBoys—too few
CallahanUSGirls#1,747116
CallahanUSBoys#2271,566