NameTides

Callan

Callan was the #190 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,917 babies), and #650 in England & Wales and #286 in Canada.

Callan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Callan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSNorthern IrelandCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Callan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#190 (1,917)#650 (56)#36 (109)#212 (9)#262 (17)#286 (116)
2024#242 (1,455)#847 (38)#36 (108)#187 (11)#350 (11)#431 (72)
2023#339 (983)#1,139 (25)#72 (70)#395 (3)#319 (13)#538 (51)
2022#354 (930)#1,314 (20)#66 (80)#285 (6)#287 (16)#498 (56)
2021#373 (868)#985 (30)#70 (81)#433 (3)#364 (10)#498 (59)
2020#434 (686)#1,314 (19)#97 (59)—#361 (11)#716 (35)
2019#525 (542)#874 (34)#99 (60)—#564 (5)#882 (26)
2018#589 (465)#919 (32)#82 (72)#319 (5)#401 (9)#835 (28)
2017#684 (365)#779 (43)#121 (50)—#710 (3)#764 (32)
2016#735 (332)#818 (39)#100 (68)#207 (10)#412 (8)#757 (33)
2015#687 (365)#682 (49)#100 (65)#288 (6)#355 (11)#1,007 (21)
2014#668 (384)#643 (53)#80 (87)#202 (11)#314 (14)#673 (38)
2013#787 (286)#611 (56)#96 (67)#343 (4)#317 (13)#784 (30)
2012#830 (263)#719 (46)#121 (52)—#267 (18)#862 (26)
2011#886 (234)#743 (42)#148 (40)—#308 (14)#818 (27)

Callan as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Callan as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Callan as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#2,607 (66)———
2024#3,047 (53)———
2023#2,823 (60)———
2022#3,470 (45)———
2021#3,112 (52)———
2020#4,548 (29)———
2019#5,163 (25)———
2018#3,438 (45)———
2017#4,477 (31)———
2016#4,250 (34)———
2015#4,725 (29)———
2014#4,768 (29)———
2013#4,156 (35)———
2012#4,601 (31)———
2011#3,916 (38)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #190.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1957.

How common is it?

about 1 in 890 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 890common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 180very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 24,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Callan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 790 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 620 to 1 in 1,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Callan by state, 2025Alaska: #76AKMaine: #126MEWisconsin: #125WIVermont: #64VTNew Hampshire: #70NHWashington: #143WAIdaho: #188IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #120NDMinnesota: #118MNIllinois: #205ILMichigan: #241MINew York: #252NYMassachusetts: #86MAOregon: #158ORNevada: #267NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #77SDIowa: #92IAIndiana: #192INOhio: #159OHPennsylvania: #140PANew Jersey: #189NJConnecticut: #97CTRhode Island: #125RICalifornia: #235CAUtah: #225UTColorado: #115CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #181MOKentucky: #281KYWest Virginia: #121WVVirginia: #182VAMaryland: #176MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #234AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #136KSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #198TNNorth Carolina: #196NCSouth Carolina: #194SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #187OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #215ALGeorgia: #252GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #261TXFlorida: #242FL
Callan (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#35238

Callan (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
CallanCanadaGirls—too few
CallanCanadaBoys#286116
CallanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
CallanEngland & WalesBoys#65056
CallanIrelandBoys#26217
CallanNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
CallanScotlandGirls—too few
CallanScotlandBoys#36109
CallanUSGirls#2,60766
CallanUSBoys#1901,917