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How popular is the name Calen?
Births per year, rank history and how many Calens are alive today.
Calen (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Callan in England and Wales, ranked 5137th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2013, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2660th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2022, with 6 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2013; the 2025 figure is roughly 43% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Callan you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old - or else around 12: the name has two living generations. Half of all Callans born in England and Wales are between 10 and 29, and there are at least 2,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Callan - on average, only one in every 152 such rooms contains a Callan.
How many babies are named Calen each year?
Includes all spellings: Calen, Callan, Callen. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Calen spelling rank?
Where does the Callan spelling rank?
Where does the Callen spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Calen most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Callan, peaked in 1998, when 102 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Calen spelling itself peaked in 2013, with 7 babies.
How many people are called Calen?
At least 2,000 people named Calen in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Calen?
Most living Calens are between 10 and 29; the most common age is about 28. There is a second cluster around 12.
Is Calen becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak.