How Many People Are Named Callan Shearer?
There are approximately 1 people named Callan Shearer living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Callan with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Shearer. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
1
1 in 342,754,338 Americans
Combination Rarity
Very Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Callan: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Callan. The peak year was 2024 with 1,505 births. The average person named Callan today is 10 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Callan
In the 2020 Census, the first name Callan was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (87.03%). The next largest recorded groups were Two or More Races (5.31%) and Hispanic (4.78%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Callan in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Callan rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Shearer Surname
The surname Shearer was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Shearer in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Callan" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Shearer" appears at a rate of 5.70 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Callan are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Callan Shearer: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Callan Shearer?
We estimate approximately 1 people named Callan Shearer are alive in the United States today. The first name Callan is shared by 10,539 Americans, and the surname Shearer is shared by 19,530.
How rare is the name Callan Shearer?
This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Callan is uncommon and the surname Shearer is uncommon.
Is Callan a male or female name?
Callan is predominantly male, with 86.8% of bearers being male and 13.2% female. It peaked in popularity in 2024 and the average bearer today is 10 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Callan?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Callan was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (87.03%). The next largest recorded groups were Two or More Races (5.31%) and Hispanic (4.78%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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