Callin — boys' name
127 babies named Callin in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Callin was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Callin in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Callin
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Callin between 1988 and 2020, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Callin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Callin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 7 additional births since 1988.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Callin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Callin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Callin 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 127 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.
Callin at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Callin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1988
- Peak year (2010)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
127 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 15 births in a single year.
Callin popularity over time — girls
7 total births recorded since 1988 (Callin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Callin accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Callin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 62 births that decade — 49% of Callin's all-time total
Callin decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Callin's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1988–2020 (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.