girls:
511 births since 1986
#5205 (9th percentile)
boys:
18 births since 2012
#4568 (0th percentile)
overall:
529 births since 1986
#7210 (7th percentile)
The name Callyn is the #7,210 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 529 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 6.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,205 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 511 births since 1986. For boys, it ranks #4,568 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 18 births since 2012.
Callyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (1986 for girls and 2012 for boys). Birth data for Callyn is available in 37 out of the 38 years between 1986 and 2023 (37 years for girls and 3 years for boys). 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 Callyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Callyn reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #928) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2017, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Callyn ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 82.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Callyn reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #915) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Callyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Callyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.2% confident that Callyn is pronounced as KA-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KA-luhn, at 17.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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