Calin
Boy · kuh-LEEN
Calin is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Calin mean?
Romanian Călin; also a spelling of Colin or Kaelan
Călin is the hero of a fairy-tale poem by Mihai Eminescu, Romania's national poet.
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Is Calin a girl's or a boy's name?
Calin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Calin in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Calin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Calin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 2 | #6,146 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 2 | #5,314 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
How popular is Calin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Calin, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 64 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had fewer boys named Calin than any year since 1984.
Half of all the boys named Calin in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 30% of the babies named Calin in the US in 1985, and 11% in 2014.
Calin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 47 | #2,560 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,076 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 33 | #2,549 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,410 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
Names like Calin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Brody Kayden Aiden Caelan Kian Ronan Logan Rowan Conan Cody Callan
Names related to Calin
Colin Callen Cailean Cailan Calen Kalin Calan Calian Calihan