Girls' name · since 1986
Callyn
Callyn has 584 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,811 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 584
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Callyn currently ranks #3811 among girls' names in America, with 584 babies recorded since 1986.
Callyn has 584 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3811 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #10,719 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,811 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 584 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Callyn ranks #10,719 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,811 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 584 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,719 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,811 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 584
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Callyn's 584 recorded births place it above 85.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Callyn compares
584 Top 42% higher than 58% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Callyn's all-time total is 55% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Callyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 584 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Callyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Callyn's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 39, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Callyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Callyn popularity over time - boys
23 total births recorded since 2012 (Callyn as boys' name)
Callyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (190 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Callyn's strongest decade.
190 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Callyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s
1990s
82 births
- 2000s
2000s
120 births
- 2010s
2010s
190 births
- 2020s
2020s
161 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 190 births (33% of all-time use).
How Callyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Callyn's total volume
Callyn by state
Where Callyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 29 | 5.0% |
29 of 584 births nationwide.
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- Callyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (190 total births) through the 2020s (161) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Callyns (29 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Callyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~39 yrs)
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, 1986–2025 (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 Callyn 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.