Callon

#12,348 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning not yet documented

Callon has been given to 84 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #12,348 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Callon, 2025

1 in 663,000

Callon over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

How common is Callon?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,348
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Callon sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Callon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Callons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Callon was born before 2017 — so the typical Callon is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
47.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
84
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Choose a decade

2010s — 47.6% of all recorded uses (40).

Is Callon 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,534
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,208
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.56×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
55.6%
Peak was 2015 (9)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,140
2015

Spellings of Callon

Callon is not the most common spelling — Carlos is, with 16.8% against Callon's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Callon around the world

Where Callon ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–1998
    #2,901
    in 1998
  • South Australia
    1988–1988
    #476
    in 1988

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Callon by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,348
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,534
Best rank ever
#8,140
2015
Peak year
2015
9 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
84
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Callon

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Callon

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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