Calan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Calan: Recorded since 1996, it reached #730 in 2011, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#730highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1104
1997	#2859
1998	#1821
1999	#1850
2000	#2501
2001	#1202
2002	#2636
2003	#1771
2004	#2578
2005	#1991
2006	#1892
2007	#1885
2008	#2276
2009	#2126
2010	#2199
2011	#2194
2012	#3039
2013	#2660
2014	#2079
2015	#2483
2017	#3449
2019	#3411
2024	#3688

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2011: #730 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2194 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1104 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Calan 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 Calan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	77	10 of 10	8
2010s	59	8 of 10	7
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Calan 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #730 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Calan'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	#3688	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1991	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1104	12	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #730, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 15 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.

Caius · #890, 29y
Cal · #244, 32y
Cale · #596, 21y
Caleb · #12, 44y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Jafar · #730, 20y
Lleyton · #730, 23y
Muaz · #730, 26y
Afnan · #727, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Federico · #730, 29y
Jafar · #730, 20y
Muaz · #730, 26y
Kaan · #731, 29y

Calan was ranked #730 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2011. 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.

Calan 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 Calan without appearing here.

Calan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3449 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3411 and #2488 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Kelly Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3449 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #4702.

Moved ahead of Calan

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1202 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2636 and #848.
Magnus Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1104 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1113.
Markus Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1104 and #1337 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1113.
Tadhg Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1104 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #2859 and #1174.

Moved the opposite way to Calan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calan went from #1104 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calan went from #1104 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calan went from #1104 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calan went from #1104 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Calan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calan went from #1104 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calan went from #1104 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calan went from #1104 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Calan went from #1104 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #730 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Calan

Calan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Calan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Calan at a glance

Calan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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