Gender: Boy
Meaning: Rock, battle
Origin: Scottish/Irish
Popularity: Ranked #477 in 2024 with 643 babies born.
History: Callen is a variant of Callan, with the same Celtic roots. It has been used as a surname in Scotland and Ireland and transitioned into use as a given name in the 21st century, boosted partly by the TV series NCIS: Los Angeles whose lead character is named G. Callen.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Callen? About 1 in 4,998 babies born in 2024 were named Callen, or roughly 1.8 per day in the United States.
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