Caledon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-eh-don
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Caledon is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Caledon mean?
Latin: from Caledonia, the Latin name for northern Britain
Caledonia was the Roman name for the land north of their province in Britain, now Scotland.
Is Caledon a girl's or a boy's name?
Caledon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caledon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Caledon, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018.
2025 had fewer boys named Caledon than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Caledon in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caledon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
Nicknames for Caledon
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Caledon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian Finnegan Cannon Deacon Finnan Finnigan Kayden Callan Conan Brecken Callahan Finn
Names related to Caledon
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Caledon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caledon, updated 20 October 2026.