Calan Boy
How popular is Calan?
#3,378 boy name in 2025
34 baby boys were named Calan in the US in 2025, making it the 3378th most popular boy name.
Calan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,378 for boys (▲ 413 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 34 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,774 in 2015, #2,845 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (51 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,506 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1984 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Calan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Callan family of names ranked #126 for boys in 2025 (#144 the year before), with 3,050 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Callan | 1,917 | 63% |
| Callen | 579 | 19% |
| Kallen | 150 | 5% |
| Kalen | 71 | 2% |
| Kallan | 82 | 3% |
| Calen | 35 | 1% |
| Calan | 34 | 1% |
| Kailen | 23 | 1% |
| Kailan | 28 | 1% |
| Kalan | 26 | 1% |
| Kaylon | 23 | 1% |
| Calin | 14 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Calan is most popular
Babies named Calan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 boys)
Calan by decade
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Questions
- Is Calan a boy or girl name?
- Calan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Calan were boys.
- How popular is the name Calan?
- 34 baby boys were named Calan in the US in 2025, making it the 3378th most popular boy name.
- When was Calan most popular?
- Calan peaked in 2018, when 51 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,506 in 2018.
- How many people are named Calan?
- 994 babies have been named Calan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 981 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Calan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Calan was most common in Kansas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.