Callahan

What Callahan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Callahan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,804 in 2015, #227 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Callahan?

US: Rising: up from #1804 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,566 boys got the name (#227 that year). First in the US records in 1983.

How common

• About 1 in 1,091 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 27,194 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (3.99 per 1,000 boys), NH (3.55 per 1,000 boys), SD (3.38 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Callahan is #227 in the US and #2269 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 93.1% of US babies named Callahan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kallahan38 US
• Calihan22 US · 4 E&W
• Calahan26 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Callahan

Boys

• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Montgomery#960“Gomeric's hill”^*
• Bodie#275Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #275 in 2025
• Bridger#701From the word “bridge”^*
• Miller#369From a surname for “a miller”^*
• Sutton#332“south + town”^*

For a sister

• Quincy#814Editor’s note Used for both: 44% of US babies named Quincy in 2025 were girls
• Miller#571From a surname for “a miller”^*
• Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”^*
• Remington#511“settlement by the boundary stream”^*
• Parker#106From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Sutton#181“south + town”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Callahan’s. Rank is US 2025.