Callan
Pronounced K AE1 L AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 71 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Callan?
Callan is a boys' name, and first appears in 1954. It has been given to 20,153 children — the 790th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 2,095 children were given it.
Callen is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Callan and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Callen
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K AE1 L AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Callan
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Callan
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Callan?
- Callan ranks 790th among boys' names in US records, with 20,153 births since 1954. Over the past decade it accounts for 12,741.
- Is Callan a unisex name?
- No. Callan is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Callan most popular?
- 2024, when 2,095 children were given the name. It has been in use for 71 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Callan spelled?
- Callen. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.