Calen is an uncommon variant of Callan that peaked in 2011 and has grown less common since.
Calen is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #3,323 for boy births in the United States (and #7,140 across all names), given to 35 babies. Calen first appears in 1977 and peaked in 2011 (103 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,323 |
| 2024 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,757 |
| 2023 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,584 |
| 2022 | 57 | 57 | #15,745 | #2,593 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,869 |
| 2020 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,767 |
| 2019 | 50 | 50 | — | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 58 | 58 | — | #2,304 |
| 2017 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,847 |
| 2016 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,116 |
| 2015 | 61 | 61 | — | #2,214 |
| 2014 | 69 | 69 | — | #2,046 |
| 2013 | 79 | 79 | — | #1,814 |
| 2012 | 92 | 92 | — | #1,670 |
| 2011 | 108 | 108 | #17,258 | #1,534 |
| 2010 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,628 |
| 2009 | 76 | 76 | #12,653 | #2,035 |
| 2008 | 85 | 85 | #10,207 | #1,935 |
| 2007 | 98 | 98 | #12,893 | #1,682 |
| 2006 | 82 | 82 | #17,604 | #1,793 |
| 2005 | 69 | 69 | #9,002 | #2,132 |
| 2004 | 67 | 67 | #10,849 | #2,053 |
| 2003 | 59 | 59 | #9,159 | #2,241 |
| 2002 | 69 | 69 | #8,954 | #1,920 |
| 2001 | 74 | 74 | #7,381 | #1,843 |
| 2000 | 72 | 72 | #8,118 | #1,800 |
| 1999 | 55 | 55 | #8,904 | #2,101 |
| 1998 | 56 | 56 | #10,275 | #1,990 |
| 1997 | 50 | — | #11,043 | #2,065 |
| 1996 | 66 | — | #7,668 | #1,709 |
| 1995 | 64 | — | #9,705 | #1,625 |
| 1994 | 66 | — | #7,682 | #1,644 |
| 1993 | 56 | — | #8,151 | #1,827 |
| 1992 | 44 | — | #8,835 | #2,181 |
| 1991 | 46 | — | #9,454 | #1,988 |
| 1990 | 42 | — | #9,374 | #2,131 |
| 1989 | 52 | — | — | #1,552 |
| 1988 | 55 | — | #9,381 | #1,530 |
| 1987 | 73 | — | #10,010 | #1,177 |
| 1986 | 48 | — | #11,130 | #1,541 |
| 1985 | 62 | — | #8,454 | #1,292 |
| 1984 | 31 | — | — | #1,804 |
| 1983 | 32 | — | — | #1,755 |
| 1982 | 18 | — | — | #2,609 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | — | #3,051 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | — | #3,445 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | — | #4,116 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | — | #4,201 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | — | #3,224 |