Callaghan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Callaghan: Recorded since 1973, with a gap of 11 years, it reached #269 in 1985, and it stood at #5,137 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#269highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Callaghan's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2000–2025

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2006	#2870
2009	#4527
2024	#5119
2025	#5137

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 Republic of Ireland in 4 of the 42 years from 1973 to 2014.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1973–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #290 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1973–2014
Highest recorded position: #269 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1985 (recorded 1973–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5137 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Callaghan appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 6 ranked years and 21 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1973.

Callaghan across 2 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.

Callaghan'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	#290 (1973)	#269 (1985)	#715 (2014)	4 of 42	14 (1973–2014)	4 (1973)
England and Wales · Boys	#3036 (2000)	#2587 (2001)	#5137 (2025)	6 of 26	21 (2000–2025)	5 (2006)

Callaghan 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 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #269 in Republic of Ireland in 1985.

Callaghan'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#5137	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	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 1973 and 2025, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #269, first reached in 1985.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 27 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.

6decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 6 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
11 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#5,137position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
27 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
5births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 25 births →

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.

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Callan · #36, 30y

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.

Scot · #271, 14y
Connaire · #272, 10y
Feilim · #264, 13y
Dayle · #261, 7y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Duane · #268, 30y
Lyndon · #271, 35y
Zakaria · #271, 42y
Glyn · #272, 23y

Callaghan was ranked #269 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1985. 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.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #269 in Republic of Ireland in 1985. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Callaghan

Callaghan at a glance

What stands out in Callaghan's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Callaghan across 2 official records

Callaghan appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Callaghan

Callaghan at a glance

What stands out in Callaghan's record

Callaghan across 2 official records

Callaghan appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Callaghan