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How popular is the name Calin?

Births per year, rank history and how many Calins are alive today.

Calin (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2022 (ranked 4002nd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2804th most popular that year. Calin is one spelling of a name also recorded as Kalin; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Calin you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Calins born in England and Wales are between 6 and 18, and there are at least 130 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 Calin - on average, only one in every 2,331 such rooms contains a Calin.

How many babies are named Calin each year?

Includes all spellings: Calin, Kalin. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

051020202005: 52006: 32008: 72009: 52010: 32011: 32012: 52013: 62014: 62015: 32016: 102017: 112018: 32019: 92020: 72021: 72022: 42023: 42024: 42025: 8actual

Where does the Calin spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202005: ranked 2,7542008: ranked 3,6872009: ranked 3,2272010: ranked 4,6782012: ranked 3,4162013: ranked 4,6852014: ranked 2,9642015: ranked 4,7472016: ranked 2,8042017: ranked 2,7342018: ranked 4,7492019: ranked 3,0132020: ranked 2,6822021: ranked 4,7892022: ranked 4,002

Where does the Kalin spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202006: ranked 4,0522008: ranked 4,4322011: ranked 4,6472013: ranked 4,6852016: ranked 4,8102017: ranked 3,9962019: ranked 4,7022021: ranked 3,9902023: ranked 4,1082024: ranked 4,2712025: ranked 2,664

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.

Chart: babies named Calin per year in England and Wales, 2005 to 2025, peaking at about 11 in 2017
Calin: births per year in England and Wales, 2005-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Calin most popular?

Calin peaked in 2017, when 11 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Calin?

At least 130 people named Calin in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Calin?

Most living Calins are between 6 and 18; the most common age is about 9.

Is Calin becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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