Callan vs Calven
American parents have registered 12,634 Callans since 1880, against 155 Calvens. Callan is still ahead, with 1,983 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Callan Calven
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 65 years in which either name was published, Callan for 49 years and Calven for 16 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.
Side by side
| Callan | Calven | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 12,634 | 155 |
| Most in one year | 1,983 | 10 |
| Babies in 2025 | 1,983 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 13,000 | 70 |
| Median age today | 4 | 27 |
| Peak year | 2025 | 1921 |
| Best rank | 190th boys | 2,804th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 190th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1957 | 1921 |
| Girls / boys | 1,470 / 11,164 | 0 / 155 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Calvens alive today are over 27; half the Callans are over 4. That is 23 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Callan and Calven.