girls:
562 births since 1983
#5154 (10th percentile)
boys:
8.3k births since 1954
#1292 (72nd percentile)
overall:
8.8k births since 1954
#2874 (63rd percentile)
The name Callen is the #2,874 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,839 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 62.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,292 (71.8% percentile) for all time with 8,277 births since 1954. For girls, it ranks #5,154 (9.8% percentile) for all time with 562 births since 1983.
Callen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for boys and 1983 for girls). Birth data for Callen is available in 55 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023 (55 years for boys and 41 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 Callen has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Callen reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 55.4% percentile (ranked #413) with 358 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 375 births per million (ranked 55.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1993, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Callen is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #410 (55.1% percentile) with 375 births per million.
For girls, Callen reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #918) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Callen is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #918 (3.1% percentile) with 19 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Callen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Callen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.8% confident that Callen is pronounced as KA-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-luhn, at 12.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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