Callon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Callon by the numbers

Callon was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Callon

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Callon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Callanpowerful warrior; a form of cailean393 in the US (2017)
  • Calonheart4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Callen489 in the US (2017)
  • Callin6 in the US (2017)
  • Caylon5 in the US (2017)
  • Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Callon

Names that are said the same way as Callon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Calanbright; from calan dawn6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kalonbeautiful and good; from kalon14 in the US (2017)
  • Caileanyoung warrior; a form of Cailum4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaylen184 in the US (2017)
  • Kallen143 in the US (2017)
  • Kalen63 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Callon

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