Boys' name · since 1986
Calahan
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 291 babies named Calahan, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #10,748 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,087 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 291
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calahan currently ranks #4087 among boys' names in America, with 291 babies recorded since 1986.
Calahan has 291 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4087 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #10,748 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,087 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 291 born since 1986
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calahan ranks #10,748 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,087 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 291 born since 1986, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,748 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,087 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 291
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calahan's 291 recorded births place it above 76.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Calahan compares
291 45th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Calahan's all-time total is 21% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calahan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 291 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Calahan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Calahan's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Calahan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Calahan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (101 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Calahan's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Calahan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s
2020s
101 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 101 births (35% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Calahan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.