Callaway
Callaway was the 1811th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 88 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,739 places. More babies were named Callaway in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,811 boys, up 1,402 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 88boys
- Girls and boys
- 47% girls, 53% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202588 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,221babies recorded
Callaway popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,039 | #1,811 | 93 | 88 |
| 2020 | #5,190 | #3,213 | 24 | 35 |
| 2010 | #9,335 | #7,674 | 12 | 10 |
| 2000 | — | #10,592 | — | 5 |
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How popular is Callaway, counting every spelling?
Callaway is a spelling of Calloway, a name family that ranked #982 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,811 for Callaway on its own. Together these spellings went to 217 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calloway | 121 | #1,467 | 388 |
| Callaway | 88 | #1,811 | 310 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Callaway?
88 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Callaway (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Callaway born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 95 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Callaway.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Callaway?
About 600 people born in the US named Callaway are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 12. That makes Callaway a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Callaway by state
How common Callaway was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Callaway: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Callaway, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Callaway
How popular is the name Callaway?
Callaway was the 1811th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 88 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 3,739 places. More babies were named Callaway in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Callaway a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 47% girls, 53% boys given the name Callaway in the US.
Where is Callaway most popular?
In 2021–2025, Callaway was most common in Missouri (0.09 per 1,000 boys), followed by Kansas and Tennessee.