Calloway
Mostly boys · KAL-o-way · French
Calloway is a name of French origin, meaning “pebbly place”. In 2025 it ranked 1,466th for boys in the US (121 babies).
What does Calloway mean?
French: spelling of Callaway, an English surname from a Norman place name
“pebbly place”
Jazz bandleader Cab Calloway (1907-1994), famous for 'Minnie the Moocher', is a well-known bearer of the surname.
- Say it
- KAL-o-way
Is Calloway a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Calloway has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls and 121 boys in the US.
How popular is Calloway in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,466among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 121about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 164% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 121 boys in the US were named Calloway, making it the 1,466th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. It first appears in the records in 1912. 23 girls were also named Calloway in 2025 (5,409th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most boys named Calloway of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Calloway in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 217 boys in the US were given Calloway or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #941, up from #1,466 for this spelling alone.
- Calloway 121
- Callaway 88
- Kalloway 8
In 2025, 16% of the babies named Calloway in the US were girls.
Calloway in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | #1,466 |
| 2024 | 89 | #1,820 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,096 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,324 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Nicknames for Calloway
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Calloway
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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