NameTides

Caelum

Caelum was the #1,688 boys' name in the US in 2025 (97 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Caelum as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Caelum as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Caelum as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,688 (97)#3,684 (5)——#1,804 (11)
2024#2,028 (75)#4,271 (4)——#2,062 (9)
2023#2,244 (63)#4,992 (3)—#660 (4)#2,614 (6)
2022#2,243 (64)#4,790 (3)—#779 (3)#1,895 (9)
2021#2,173 (65)——#755 (3)#1,898 (9)
2020#2,113 (66)#3,848 (4)#392 (3)—#1,595 (11)
2019#1,899 (78)#2,728 (7)——#1,375 (14)
2018#1,792 (85)#4,749 (3)——#2,176 (7)
2017#2,891 (41)#4,812 (3)——#1,852 (9)
2016#4,098 (25)—#421 (3)—#2,428 (6)
2015#3,775 (28)#3,908 (4)—#554 (5)#1,816 (9)
2014#5,485 (16)#3,895 (4)—#609 (4)#2,133 (7)
2013#4,180 (23)#4,685 (3)——#2,305 (6)
2012#3,894 (26)#2,721 (7)——#2,666 (5)
2011#3,510 (30)#4,647 (3)—#435 (8)#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,688.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Caelum is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 22,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Caelum by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,202NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,438CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: #1,625FL
Caelum (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Caelum (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CaelumCanadaBoys#1,80411
CaelumEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
CaelumIrelandBoys—too few
CaelumNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CaelumUSBoys#1,68897