girls:
800 births since 1988
#4916 (14th percentile)
boys:
3.6k births since 1983
#2088 (54th percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1983
#4151 (46th percentile)
The name Callahan is the #4,151 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,352 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 46.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,088 (54.5% percentile) for all time with 3,552 births since 1983. For girls, it ranks #4,916 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 800 births since 1988.
Callahan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (1983 for boys and 1988 for girls). Birth data for Callahan is available in 40 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023 (39 years for boys and 35 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Callahan has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.8% of babies named Callahan were boys.
For boys, Callahan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 54.3% percentile (ranked #417) with 362 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 362 births per million (ranked 54.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Callahan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #417 (54.3% percentile) with 362 births per million.
For girls, Callahan reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 7.3% percentile (ranked #888) with 42 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 42 births per million (ranked 7.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Callahan ranks #885 for girls (6.6% percentile) with 38 births per million, which is 91.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Callahan".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Callahan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.1% confident that Callahan is pronounced as KA-luh-han, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-luh-HAN, at 42.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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