Callaway
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- KAL-a-way
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #1,808 for boys
Callaway is a name of French origin, meaning “pebbly place”. In 2025 it ranked 1,808th for boys in the US (88 babies).
What does Callaway mean?
French: English surname from a Norman place name
“pebbly place”
An English surname of Norman origin, from a place in Normandy named with Old French caillou, 'pebble'.
Is Callaway a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Callaway has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 93 girls and 88 boys in the US.
How popular is Callaway in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,808th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 88 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 159% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 88 boys in the US were named Callaway, making it the 1,808th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. It first appears in the records in 1998. 93 girls were also named Callaway in 2025 (2,036th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most boys named Callaway of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Callaway in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 217 boys in the US were given Callaway or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #941, up from #1,808 for this spelling alone.
- Calloway 121
- Callaway 88
- Kalloway 8
In 2025, 51% of the babies named Callaway in the US were girls.
Callaway in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #1,808 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,169 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,187 |
| 2022 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 35 | #3,200 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
Nicknames for Callaway
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Callaway
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian, Finnegan, Kayden, Cannon, Finn, Caspian, Raiden, Declan, Ronan, Deacon, Brayden, Aiden
Other spellings of Callaway
Names related to Callaway
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
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, “Callaway: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/callaway, updated 20 October 2026.