Callaway — #2179 US boys' name
551 babies named Callaway in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Callaway was born in this single decade.
67 babies were named Callaway in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Callaway
The Social Security Administration has registered 551 babies named Callaway between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Callaway currently holds the #2179 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 67 babies received it in a single year. Callaway is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 488 additional births since 1994.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Callaway performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 257 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Callaway shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Callaway in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Callaway 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 551 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.
Callaway at a glance
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Current rank
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Callaway popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2024)
- 67
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #2179 among boys.
551 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 67 births in a single year.
Callaway popularity over time — girls
488 total births recorded since 1994 (Callaway as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Callaway accounts for 47% of total recorded use across both genders.
Callaway by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 257 births that decade — 47% of Callaway's all-time total
Callaway decade highlights
- Peak decade 257 births
- Runner-up 205 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Callaway's strongest decade
257 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Callaway by state
Where Callaway concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 36 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 13 | 2.4% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 11 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.9% |
36 of 551 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.5% of nationwide
- Missouri 2.4% of nationwide
- Tennessee 2.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.1% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1998–2024 (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.