# Callahan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/callahan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæləhæn/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Calahan, Callaham, Callihan, Callaghan |
| US babies named this | 7,031 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,030 / 1,001 (14% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 34, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Irish Ó Ceallacháin, from Ceallachán, diminutive of the given name Ceallach. Doublet of Kelly and Kellogg.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 6,611 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,584 |
| 2013 | 22 | 5,855 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6,027 |
| 2015 | 27 | 5,011 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,021 |
| 2017 | 32 | 4,412 |
| 2018 | 35 | 4,090 |
| 2019 | 50 | 3,182 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,628 |
| 2021 | 51 | 3,168 |
| 2022 | 75 | 2,428 |
| 2023 | 67 | 2,624 |
| 2024 | 85 | 2,220 |
| 2025 | 116 | 1,748 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 3,056 |
| 2012 | 47 | 2,600 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,254 |
| 2014 | 77 | 1,889 |
| 2015 | 83 | 1,806 |
| 2016 | 115 | 1,484 |
| 2017 | 166 | 1,142 |
| 2018 | 200 | 1,026 |
| 2019 | 244 | 899 |
| 2020 | 288 | 806 |
| 2021 | 410 | 660 |
| 2022 | 571 | 519 |
| 2023 | 665 | 461 |
| 2024 | 908 | 364 |
| 2025 | 1,566 | 227 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.