NameTides

Callum

Callum was the #118 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,995 babies), and #251 in England & Wales and #82 in Canada.

Callum as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Callum as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Callum as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#118 (2,995)#251 (186)#68 (70)#107 (22)#49 (107)#82 (352)——
2024#158 (2,266)#248 (198)#62 (80)#54 (45)#37 (154)#123 (258)——
2023#221 (1,645)#233 (206)#58 (86)#98 (25)#42 (131)#134 (227)——
2022#249 (1,417)#229 (213)#58 (93)#73 (37)#53 (119)#159 (217)——
2021#273 (1,264)#186 (292)#56 (98)#87 (34)#39 (162)#178 (209)——
2020#336 (968)#161 (332)#40 (124)#59 (47)#38 (149)#175 (209)——
2019#449 (671)#169 (319)#41 (124)#86 (35)#45 (151)#203 (180)——
2018#558 (493)#135 (426)#32 (156)#66 (48)#46 (159)#245 (144)——
2017#608 (433)#112 (567)#34 (160)#75 (41)#43 (171)#217 (171)——
2016#706 (349)#110 (594)#28 (194)#36 (74)#48 (162)#212 (173)——
2015#685 (369)#83 (798)#19 (248)#24 (90)#43 (173)#232 (156)——
2014#732 (327)#82 (803)#21 (252)#42 (70)#36 (214)#210 (179)——
2013#782 (287)#73 (855)#33 (207)#51 (59)#47 (181)#213 (169)——
2012#807 (275)#51 (1,322)#24 (259)#30 (89)#39 (215)#187 (187)#99 (111)—
2011#846 (253)#46 (1,580)#16 (299)#24 (104)#35 (245)#171 (216)#75 (138)#100 (69)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #118.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1983.

How common is it?

about 1 in 570 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 570common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 280common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 380common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 220common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 450common

Next year

On its recent trend, Callum is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 480 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 410 to 1 in 560.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Callum by state, 2025Alaska: #94AKMaine: #54MEWisconsin: #61WIVermont: #57VTNew Hampshire: #38NHWashington: #84WAIdaho: #60IDMontana: #66MTNorth Dakota: #107NDMinnesota: #85MNIllinois: #127ILMichigan: #119MINew York: #188NYMassachusetts: #59MAOregon: #63ORNevada: #201NVWyoming: #72WYSouth Dakota: #69SDIowa: #61IAIndiana: #75INOhio: #77OHPennsylvania: #95PANew Jersey: #147NJConnecticut: #109CTRhode Island: #52RICalifornia: #160CAUtah: #80UTColorado: #69CONebraska: #49NEMissouri: #114MOKentucky: #149KYWest Virginia: #121WVVirginia: #95VAMaryland: #116MDDelaware: #101DEArizona: #157AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #82KSArkansas: #120ARTennessee: #118TNNorth Carolina: #108NCSouth Carolina: #151SCDistrict of Columbia: #66DCOklahoma: #101OKLouisiana: #162LAMississippi: #259MSAlabama: #173ALGeorgia: #178GAHawaii: #90HITexas: #172TXFlorida: #196FL
Callum (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#96125

Callum (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
CallumCanadaGirls—too few
CallumCanadaBoys#82352
CallumEngland & WalesBoys#251186
CallumIrelandBoys#49107
CallumNorthern IrelandBoys#10722
CallumNSWBoys—too few
CallumScotlandBoys#6870
CallumUSGirls#10,9178
CallumUSBoys#1182,995
CallumVICBoys—too few