Boys' name · since 2010
Calian
Calian has 331 recorded births since 2010 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,064 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,879 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 331
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calian currently ranks #2879 among boys' names in America, with 331 babies recorded since 2010.
Calian has 331 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2879 as of the latest data, more common than 79% 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 2010 to 2025.
- #10,064 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,879 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 331 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calian ranks #10,064 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,879 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 331 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #10,064 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,879 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 331
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Calian's 331 recorded births place it above 77.85% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Calian compares
331 47th 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
Calian's all-time total is 10% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calian | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 331 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 75 | 34 | 22,252 |
Calian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Calian splits its recorded history at 2020: 82% of all births land in the more recent half, 18% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 75 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Calian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 75
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Calian by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (272 births, 82% of the file).
2020s was Calian's strongest decade.
272 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Calian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 59
2010s
59 births
- 2020s
2020s
272 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 272 births (82% of all-time use).
Calian by state
Where Calian concentrates geographically, total births since 2010
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 21 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Oregon | | 5 | 1.5% |
26 of 331 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- California records the most Calians (26 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2010–2025 (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 Calian 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.