NameTides

Calum

Calum was the #799 boys' name in the US in 2025 (313 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Calum as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Calum as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandIrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Calum as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.051015201880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#799 (313)#3,256 (6)#178 (23)—#432 (8)#1,251 (19)
2024#904 (259)#1,675 (15)#176 (25)#339 (4)#520 (6)#871 (29)
2023#887 (262)#1,800 (13)#214 (20)—#436 (8)#854 (28)
2022#817 (303)#1,880 (12)#135 (39)#352 (4)#262 (18)#727 (35)
2021#837 (284)#1,984 (11)#135 (39)#192 (12)#296 (15)#635 (43)
2020#928 (240)#1,192 (22)#136 (40)#334 (4)#402 (9)#878 (27)
2019#919 (238)#1,083 (25)#111 (52)#365 (4)#268 (17)#664 (38)
2018#1,018 (202)#1,040 (27)#116 (53)#255 (7)#195 (29)#993 (22)
2017#1,293 (140)#719 (48)#102 (61)#202 (10)#234 (23)#1,113 (19)
2016#1,694 (92)#659 (53)#85 (80)#180 (13)#218 (25)#938 (24)
2015#1,910 (76)#438 (93)#94 (70)#129 (23)#157 (41)#954 (23)
2014#2,461 (51)#695 (47)#75 (93)#184 (13)#190 (31)#1,250 (15)
2013#2,461 (50)#532 (69)#67 (108)#180 (13)#181 (35)#920 (24)
2012#2,517 (49)#507 (74)#68 (103)#174 (14)#122 (59)#928 (23)
2011#1,988 (69)#361 (115)#66 (118)#94 (33)#88 (89)#617 (40)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #799.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1978.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,500 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 5,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 850common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Calum is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,900 to 1 in 7,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Calum by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #502WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #715MINew York: #914NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: #529ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #773INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #577PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #957CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #626CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #777TNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth 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: #974TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Calum (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#84913

Calum (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
CalumCanadaBoys#1,25119
CalumEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
CalumIrelandBoys#4328
CalumNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CalumScotlandBoys#17823
CalumUSBoys#799313