# Callan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/callan/  
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 | Irish |
| Meaning | “descendant of cathalán” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,634 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,164 / 1,470 (12% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,220, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Irish Ó Cathaláin (“descendant of Cathalán”).

## 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 | 38 | 3,930 |
| 2012 | 31 | 4,629 |
| 2013 | 35 | 4,177 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,796 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,750 |
| 2016 | 34 | 4,273 |
| 2017 | 31 | 4,497 |
| 2018 | 45 | 3,447 |
| 2019 | 25 | 5,185 |
| 2020 | 29 | 4,568 |
| 2021 | 52 | 3,122 |
| 2022 | 45 | 3,485 |
| 2023 | 60 | 2,828 |
| 2024 | 53 | 3,056 |
| 2025 | 66 | 2,616 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 234 | 886 |
| 2012 | 263 | 830 |
| 2013 | 286 | 788 |
| 2014 | 384 | 668 |
| 2015 | 365 | 687 |
| 2016 | 332 | 736 |
| 2017 | 365 | 684 |
| 2018 | 465 | 589 |
| 2019 | 542 | 525 |
| 2020 | 686 | 434 |
| 2021 | 868 | 374 |
| 2022 | 930 | 354 |
| 2023 | 983 | 339 |
| 2024 | 1,455 | 242 |
| 2025 | 1,917 | 190 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 743 |
| 2012 | 46 | 719 |
| 2013 | 56 | 611 |
| 2014 | 53 | 643 |
| 2015 | 49 | 682 |
| 2016 | 39 | 818 |
| 2017 | 43 | 779 |
| 2018 | 32 | 919 |
| 2019 | 34 | 874 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 30 | 985 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 38 | 847 |
| 2025 | 56 | 650 |

## People named Callan

- Callan McAuliffe, actor
- Callan Foote, American ice hockey player
- Callan Chythlook-Sifsof, American snowboarder

## 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.