girls:
93 births since 2012
#5623 (2nd percentile)
boys:
509 births since 1912
#4077 (11th percentile)
overall:
602 births since 1912
#7137 (8th percentile)
The name Calloway is the #7,137 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 602 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 7.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,077 (11.0% percentile) for all time with 509 births since 1912. For girls, it ranks #5,623 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 93 births since 2012.
Calloway first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for boys and 2012 for girls). Birth data for Calloway is available in 30 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (30 years for boys and 10 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 Calloway has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 82.4% of babies named Calloway were boys.
For boys, Calloway reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 7.1% percentile (ranked #846) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 38 births per million (ranked 7.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Calloway is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #846 (7.1% percentile) with 38 births per million.
For girls, Calloway reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #944) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Calloway ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 80.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Calloway".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Calloway. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.5% confident that Calloway is pronounced as KA-loh-way, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-luh-way, at 28.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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