Calhoun

#7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births

Peak · boys
1886 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
300
since 1886

Calhoun over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Calhoun has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #959, 1886boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#7,67910
2024#5,65916
2023#8,9218
2022#8,3009
2021#9,7147
2020#8,0679
2019#7,17311
2018#6,70312
2017#7,09511
2016#8,8168
2015#6,67612
2014#12,1085
2013#10,7286
2012#8,8648
2011
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2006#12,0555
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1999#9,9125
1998
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1995#8,8685
1994
1993#6,8167
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1958#3,2757
1957
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1954#3,8275
1953
1952#3,7345
1951
1950#3,0217
1949
1948#3,0107
1947
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1944#3,1096
1943
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1941#3,1336
1940
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1938#3,1756
1937
1936#2,8547
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1928#3,6976
1927#2,9129
1926#3,7086
1925#4,1975
1924#2,82210
1923#3,1758
1922
1921#3,8696
1920
1919#3,3917
1918#3,7286
1917
1916#2,54310
1915#3,0827
1914
1913
1912#2,5445
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1886#9595
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Calhoun! It came in at #959, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Calhoun
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2,020 spots since 2024 (#5,659#7,679)
  • 388 spots since 2020 (#8,067#7,679)
  • 1,003 spots since 2015 (#6,676#7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,157
  • Highest: 1 in 22,157 boys born in 1886 were named Calhoun (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 24.3% of all boys named Calhoun (73) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#959 (1886)#959
1890s0
1900s0
1910s35#2,543 (1916)#3,058
1920s50#2,822 (1924)#3,483
1930s13#2,854 (1936)#3,015
1940s19#3,010 (1948)#3,084
1950s24#3,021 (1950)#3,464
1960s0
1970s0
1980s0
1990s17#6,816 (1993)#8,532
2000s5#12,055 (2006)#12,055
2010s73#6,676 (2015)#8,520
2020s59#5,659 (2024)#8,057

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Calhoun in 1886

boys
#959
5 births · 1 in 22,157 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #959Calhoun5
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 22,157 of them was named Calhoun, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Calhoun
  1. #845Vivian6
  2. #845Wayland6
  3. #845Wells6
  4. #959Calhoun5
  5. #959Acey5
  6. #959Adelbert5
  7. #959Alan5

Tied with 151 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. 505Thornton#936#431
  2. 485Oswald#936#451
  3. 445Evans#936#491
  4. 396Grace#936#540
  5. 385Abel#836#451
Fallers
  1. 497Adelbert#462#959
  2. 438Carey#521#959
  3. 412Santiago#547#959
  4. 382Brooks#577#959
  5. 355Alma#604#959

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886