Callaway
#1,811 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Callaway has been given to 1,221 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #1,811 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 88 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 52% boys, 48% girls all-time.
Babies named Callaway, 2025
1 in 37,700
Callaway over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Callaway over time
In 2025, Callaway went to 51% girls and 49% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Callaway?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 37,700
- 88 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 19,400
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,811
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 26,114 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Callaway sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 26,114 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Callaway. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Callaways were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Callaway was born before 2020 — so the typical Callaway is around 5 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 54.0% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 97.3%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 639
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 54.0% of all recorded uses (345).
Is Callaway rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +361
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,400
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +3,735
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 5.50×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (88)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 46.0% average annual change
Spellings of Callaway
Callaway is not the most common spelling — Callahan is, with 81.6% against Callaway's 8.6%.
Where Callaway is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Callaway was most concentrated in Kansas — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 49,420 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Callaway is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Callaway was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 309,517 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Callaway has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Callaway by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Callaway
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Callaway
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.