Callaghan — #3484 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Callaghan

The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Callaghan between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Callaghan currently holds the #3484 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 39 babies received it in a single year. Callaghan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 57 additional births since 1997.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Callaghan performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Callaghan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Callaghan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Callaghan 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 333 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.