Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kallahan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kallahan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 148
- 132 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #3,163 for boys · #16,052 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +263%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 38 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,163 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kallahan’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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