NameTides

Kallum

Kallum was the #1,520 boys' name in the US in 2025 (114 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #1,565 in Canada.

Kallum as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kallum 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kallum 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#1,520 (114)#3,684 (5)———#1,565 (14)
2024#1,795 (91)#2,922 (7)———#1,654 (12)
2023#2,014 (75)————#1,810 (10)
2022#2,094 (71)#3,049 (6)——#779 (3)#2,052 (8)
2021#2,173 (65)#4,789 (3)———#1,653 (11)
2020#2,235 (61)#1,825 (12)——#556 (5)#1,595 (11)
2019#2,421 (55)#1,986 (11)#701 (3)#418 (3)#764 (3)#1,634 (11)
2018#3,993 (26)#1,875 (12)——#520 (6)#1,133 (18)
2017#4,105 (25)#1,210 (22)——#610 (4)#1,852 (9)
2016#5,789 (15)#1,234 (22)#532 (5)—#713 (3)#1,578 (11)
2015#4,890 (19)#790 (40)#426 (7)—#503 (6)#2,387 (6)
2014#5,066 (18)#935 (31)#680 (3)#398 (3)#403 (9)#1,381 (13)
2013#6,603 (12)#850 (35)#687 (3)——#1,771 (9)
2012#7,050 (11)#719 (46)#568 (4)——#1,552 (11)
2011#7,009 (11)#662 (49)#421 (7)—#387 (10)#1,802 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,520.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2007.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 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 15,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kallum is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kallum 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: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: #773INOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: #842TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,415TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Kallum (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KallumCanadaBoys#1,56514
KallumEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
KallumIrelandBoys—too few
KallumNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KallumScotlandBoys—too few
KallumUSBoys#1,520114