Callaway

#2,036 for girls in 2025, 93 births · #1,808 for boys in 2025, 88 births
Given to boys 52.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 88 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
639
since 1998

Callaway over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,03693#1,80888
2024#2,81959#2,16967
2023#3,64042#2,18865
2022#3,70341#2,67549
2021#3,67841#2,97241
2020#5,16824#3,20235
2019#4,16234#3,63630
2018#5,00726#4,73920
2017#6,53118#3,67829
2016#5,13026#3,52431
2015#8,00814#5,50716
2014#6,98717#4,53821
2013#6,46219#4,80419
2012#7,45616#8,1589
2011#8,19614#4,65920
2010#9,23112#7,59110
2009#15,2426#8,9858
2008#10,08411#7,69810
2007#10,81810#4,64020
2006#9,28612#5,78114
2005#11,4725
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2001#11,0208#9,2436
2000#10,3495
1999#10,3458#8,7046
1998#9,2609#8,4796
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five boys were named Callaway! It came in at #8,479, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2003–2005, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Callaway
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 361 spots since 2024 (#2,169#1,808)
  • 1,394 spots since 2020 (#3,202#1,808)
  • 3,699 spots since 2015 (#5,507#1,808)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2025 at #1,808 (88 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,410
  • Highest: 1 in 19,410 boys born in 2025 were named Callaway (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 54.0% of all boys named Callaway (345) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s12#8,479 (1998)#8,592
2000s77#4,640 (2007)#8,153
2010s205#3,524 (2016)#5,083
2020s345#1,808 (2025)#2,502

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.

Callaway in 1998

girls
#9,260
9 births · 1 in 196,328 girls
boys
#8,479
6 births · 1 in 318,561 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #9,260Callaway9

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #8,479Callaway6
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 196,328 of them was named Callaway, which outranked 44.2% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Callaway
  1. #8,584Zohra10
  2. #8,584Zola10
  3. #8,584Zori10
  4. #9,260Callaway9
  5. #9,260Aalliyah9
  6. #9,260Aastha9
  7. #9,260Abbe9
  8. #10,122Aaniyah8
  9. #10,122Aasiyah8
  10. #10,122Abbegale8

Tied with 861 names at #9,260; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 2,123Calista#2,820#697
  2. 1,165Ireland#1,983#818
  3. 1,158Abril#2,116#958
  4. 755Mya#993#238
  5. 619Ally#1,036#417
Fallers
  1. 586Yulissa#424#1,010
  2. 462Moesha#943#1,405
  3. 397Yulisa#985#1,382
  4. 376Tonya#905#1,281
  5. 347Xena#765#1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 318,561 of them was named Callaway, which outranked 25.0% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Callaway
  1. #7,560Ziyad7
  2. #7,560Zong7
  3. #7,560Zoran7
  4. #8,479Callaway6
  5. #8,479Abby6
  6. #8,479Abd6
  7. #8,479Abdi6
  8. #9,631Aadil5
  9. #9,631Aaliyah5
  10. #9,631Aaronmichael5

Tied with 1,151 names at #8,479; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 1,736Tyrese#2,347#611
  2. 805Zion#1,499#694
  3. 785Mekhi#1,706#921
  4. 743Tyriq#1,519#776
  5. 741Tavian#1,599#858
Fallers
  1. 429Coty#918#1,347
  2. 367Anfernee#838#1,205
  3. 326Jessy#962#1,288
  4. 295Mickey#966#1,261
  5. 280Mikal#1,000#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998