# Callen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/callen/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,105 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,501 / 604 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 353, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Callan.

## 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 | 13 | 8,719 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,216 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,139 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,765 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,698 |
| 2016 | 15 | 7,666 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,926 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,062 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,471 |
| 2020 | 27 | 4,781 |
| 2021 | 25 | 5,116 |
| 2022 | 24 | 5,345 |
| 2023 | 34 | 4,209 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,479 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,165 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 421 | 593 |
| 2012 | 452 | 570 |
| 2013 | 428 | 592 |
| 2014 | 562 | 503 |
| 2015 | 554 | 520 |
| 2016 | 544 | 536 |
| 2017 | 480 | 566 |
| 2018 | 482 | 573 |
| 2019 | 511 | 552 |
| 2020 | 527 | 534 |
| 2021 | 656 | 459 |
| 2022 | 670 | 459 |
| 2023 | 687 | 450 |
| 2024 | 643 | 480 |
| 2025 | 579 | 516 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 29 | 996 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 24 | 1,146 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,158 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Callen

- Cal Tjader, American vibraphonist (1925–1982)

## 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.