Unisex name · since 1983
Callahan
6,030 babies named Callahan in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,584 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #227 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,030
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Callahan currently ranks #227 among unisex names in America, with 6,030 babies recorded since 1983.
Callahan has 6,030 recorded births among boys since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #227 as of the latest data, more common than 98% 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 1983 to 2025.
- #1,584 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #227 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6,030 born since 1983
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Callahan ranks #1,584 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #227 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6,030 born since 1983, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,584 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #227 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,030
- born since 1983
- 2020s
- peak decade
Callahan's 6,030 recorded births place it above 96.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Callahan compares
6,030 Top 12% higher than 88% of 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
Callahan's all-time total is 16x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Callahan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,030 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,566 | 34 | 22,252 |
Callahan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Callahan splits its recorded history at 2005: 94% of all births land in the more recent half, 6% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 1,566 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Callahan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,566
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Callahan popularity over time - girls
1,001 total births recorded since 1988 (Callahan as girls' name)
Callahan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (4,408 births, 73% of the file).
2020s was Callahan's strongest decade.
4,408 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Callahan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 52
1980s
52 births
- 1990s 154
1990s
154 births
- 2000s 347
2000s
347 births
- 2010s 1,069
2010s
1,069 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,408 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,408 births (73% of all-time use).
How Callahan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Callahan's total volume
Callahan by state
Where Callahan concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 430 | 7.1% |
| #2 | California | | 332 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 249 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 223 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 213 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 210 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Wisconsin | | 201 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 190 | 3.2% |
430 of 6,030 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Callahan appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Callahans (430 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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, 1983–2025 (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 Callahan 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.