Calum vs Curtis

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

• Scotland · Boys

  In 2024, Calum was ranked #176 and Curtis #432 among boys in Scotland.

• Northern Ireland · Boys

  In 2022, Calum was ranked #352 and Curtis #414 among boys in Northern Ireland.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys

  In 2025, Calum was ranked #432 and Curtis #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

• England and Wales · Boys

  In 2024, Calum was ranked #1675 and Curtis #1076 among boys in England and Wales.

Calum and Curtis over time

Calum and Curtis appear together in 3 published lists, across 76 years of shared records. Calum held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Curtis in 1.

The order between them changed and held in 2 of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Curtis reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 2 of those lists, and Calum in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

• England and Wales · Boys29 shared years, 1996–2024

  Calum held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Curtis in 20.

  Highest recorded here: Calum #91 in 1996, Curtis #78 in 1996.

  The order between them never changed and held in this list.

  Most recent shared year, 2024: Calum #1675, Curtis #1076.

• Northern Ireland · Boys25 shared years, 1997–2022

  Calum held the stronger position in 16 of those years, Curtis in 9.

  Highest recorded here: Calum #21 in 2006, Curtis #44 in 1997.

  The order changed in 2021: Calum moved ahead. In 2020 they stood at #365 and #312; by 2021 that had become #192 and #433.

  Most recent shared year, 2022: Calum #352, Curtis #414.

• Republic of Ireland · Boys22 shared years, 1993–2025

  Calum held the stronger position in 19 of those years, Curtis in 3.

  Highest recorded here: Calum #44 in 2006, Curtis #162 in 1997.

  The order changed in 1998: Calum moved ahead. In 1997 they stood at #196 and #162; by 1998 that had become #179 and #242.

  Most recent shared year, 2025: Calum #432, Curtis #829.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

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Comparisons that share a name, a rule or a published list with this one. Each is an existing comparison page with its own evidence — nothing here says these pairs are alike.

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