Calahan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-uh-han
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Calahan is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Calahan mean?
Irish: spelling of Callahan; from the Irish surname Ó Ceallacháin
From the surname of the O'Callaghans, who claim descent from Ceallachán, a 10th-century king of Munster.
Meaning borrowed from Callahan. More on Wiktionary.
Is Calahan a girl's or a boy's name?
Calahan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calahan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,049th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Calahan, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. It first appears in the records in 1986.
2025 had the most boys named Calahan of any year since it first appeared, in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Calahan in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,693 boys in the US were given Calahan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #232, up from #4,049 for this spelling alone.
Calahan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
Nicknames for Calahan
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Calahan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finnegan, Declan, Ronan, Callan, Keegan, Brayden, Finn, Aiden, Kayden, Conan, Teagan, Kellan
Other spellings of Calahan
Names related to Calahan
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Casey, Kennedy, Lennon, Cillian, Kevin
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Calahan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/calahan, updated 20 October 2026.