Calahan — #6290 US boys' name
265 babies named Calahan in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to boys today.
29% of everyone ever named Calahan was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Calahan in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Calahan
The Social Security Administration has registered 265 babies named Calahan between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Calahan currently holds the #6290 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Calahan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Calahan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Calahan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 265 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Calahan at a glance
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Current rank
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Calahan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (2020)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #6290 among boys.
265 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 19 births in a single year.
Calahan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 76 births that decade — 29% of Calahan's all-time total
Calahan decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Calahan's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.