Spellings
Callan or Callen?
In the US in 2025, 70% of babies in this name family were spelled Callan and 21% Callen. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
The order has flipped. In 2015, Callen led with 50% of the family's births; in 2025, Callan leads with 70%. All spellings together, the family went from 1,103 to 2,728 births (×3).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callan | 365 | 1,917 | ×5 |
| Callen | 554 | 579 | +5% |
| Kallen | 147 | 150 | steady |
| Kallan | 37 | 82 | ×2 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈkælən/ (KAL-un). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Callan 5 births and Callen 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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