Callan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Callan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Callan: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #36, and it stood at #262 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
78times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#36highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–1999

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1999	#3225

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 30 years from 1996 to 2025.

In 2024: #36 among boys in Scotland, #187 among boys in Northern Ireland, #350 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #847 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #262 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Callan appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,156 births with the name.

Callan across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Callan's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#234 (1996)	#234 (1996)	#262 (2025)	29 of 30	238 (1996–2025)	18 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#419 (1996)	#296 (1998)	#847 (2024)	29 of 29	1,156 (1996–2024)	89 (1998)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#227 (1997)	#187 (2024)	#187 (2024)	17 of 28	88 (1997–2024)	11 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#3126 (1996)	#3225 (1999)	2 of 4	8 (1996–1999)	4 (1996)

Callan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Callan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	276	4 of 10	69
2000s	326	10 of 10	33
2010sbusiest	422	10 of 10	42
2020s	132	5 of 10	26

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 42 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births rose by 35, from 54 to 89.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Callan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #36 in Scotland in 2024.

Callan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#847	38	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1139	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#985	30	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1314	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#874	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#919	32	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#779	43	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#818	39	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#682	49	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#643	53	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#611	56	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#719	46	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#743	42	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1008	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1124	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#865	30	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#863	28	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#807	29	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#970	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#653	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#546	38	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#460	45	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#404	54	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#315	84	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#296	89	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#407	54	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#419	49	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#187	11	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#285	6	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#319	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#207	10	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#288	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#202	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#221	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#227	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#262	17	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#319	13	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#287	16	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	10	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#361	11	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	18	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	9	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#36	108	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #36, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 108 births, registered in Scotland in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Calla · #418, 27y
Callam · #339, 18y
Calleigh · #430, 13y
Callen · #363, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lacey · #36, 30y
Mollie · #37, 34y
Eilidh · #38, 30y
Esme · #33, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jaxon · #36, 29y
Lacey · #36, 30y
Abbey · #37, 30y
Brianna · #35, 33y

Callan was ranked #36 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Callan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Callan without appearing here.

Callan moved ahead of

Calum Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1314 and #1192 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #985 and #1984.
Jon Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1314 and #1273 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #985 and #1688.
Gregory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1139 and #1071 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #847 and #1460.
Phillip Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1139 and #1139 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #847 and #1460.

Moved ahead of Callan

Noel Compare
In 2003 they stood at #653 and #746 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #970 and #599.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #985 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1314 and #967.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #863 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #865 and #538.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #653 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #970 and #731.

Moved the opposite way to Callan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Callan went from #419 to #847 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Callan went from #419 to #847 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Callan went from #419 to #847 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Callan went from #419 to #847 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Callan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Callan went from #419 to #847 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Callan went from #419 to #847 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Callan went from #419 to #847 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Callan went from #419 to #847 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #36 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Callan

Callan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Callan across 4 official records

Callan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Callan across 4 official records

Callan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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