Calum

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Calum: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Calum: Recorded every year since 1992, it reached #21 in 2006, and it stood at #432 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
91times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#21highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for
39names it appears alongside

What stands out in Calum's record

Moved 260 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move
Appears alongside 39 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#91
1997	#94
1998	#108
1999	#114
2000	#138
2001	#156
2002	#155
2003	#164
2004	#182
2005	#122
2006	#103
2007	#145
2008	#181
2009	#225
2010	#280
2011	#361
2012	#507
2013	#532
2014	#695
2015	#438
2016	#659
2017	#719
2018	#1040
2019	#1083
2020	#1192
2021	#1984
2022	#1879
2023	#1799
2024	#1675

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1992 to 2025.

In 2024: #176 among boys in Scotland, #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1675 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1992–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #298 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #21 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Calum appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1992, and has registered 1,391 births with the name.

Calum across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Calum's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#298 (1992)	#44 (2006)	#432 (2025)	34 of 34	1,391 (1992–2025)	179 (2006)
England and Wales · Boys	#91 (1996)	#91 (1996)	#1675 (2024)	29 of 29	5,952 (1996–2024)	614 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#100 (1997)	#21 (2006)	#339 (2024)	27 of 28	698 (1997–2024)	115 (2006)

Calum by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Calum in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	78	8 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	822	10 of 10	82
2010s	427	10 of 10	43
2020s	64	6 of 10	11

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 82 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2005 and 2006, when recorded births rose by 69, from 110 to 179.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Calum appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #21 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Calum's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1675	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1799	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1192	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1083	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1040	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#719	48	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#659	53	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#438	93	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#695	47	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#532	69	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#507	74	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#361	115	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#280	163	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#225	199	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#181	269	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#145	371	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#103	575	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#122	447	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#182	225	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#164	252	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#155	254	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#156	240	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#138	273	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#114	409	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#108	483	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#94	554	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#91	614	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#192	12	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#255	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#202	10	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#180	13	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#129	23	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#184	13	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#180	13	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#94	33	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#102	32	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#109	28	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#89	38	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#45	69	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#21	115	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#47	63	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#89	31	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#89	30	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#86	29	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#127	16	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#104	23	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#102	25	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#104	22	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#100	23	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#262	18	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	17	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#195	29	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#234	23	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	25	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#157	41	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#190	31	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	35	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#122	59	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#88	89	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	78	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#92	82	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#69	128	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#50	159	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#44	179	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#70	110	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	48	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#110	46	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	34	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	17	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	19	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#189	13	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	13	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	14	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	14	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	10	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#176	25	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1992 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #21, first reached in 2006.

It held a top-100 place in 12 years, 10 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 614 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Calypso · #1802, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Rhonda · #21, 37y
Rian · #22, 36y
Teddy · #20, 30y
Albie · #19, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Carter · #21, 30y
Jackson · #21, 36y
Teddy · #20, 30y
Xavier · #22, 30y

Comparisons involving Calum

Existing comparison pages where Calum and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Calum in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Rory vs Calum
In 1996 they stood at #93 and #91 in England and Wales · Boys, 2 places apart; by 2024 they were #24 and #1675.
Rory · Calum · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Ethan vs Calum
In 1996 they stood at #92 and #91 in England and Wales · Boys, 1 places apart; by 2024 they were #48 and #1675.
Ethan · Calum · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Harrison vs Calum
In 1996 they stood at #86 and #91 in England and Wales · Boys, 5 places apart; by 2024 they were #52 and #1675.
Harrison · Calum · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Calum and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Alex vs Calum
In Northern Ireland · Boys, Alex moved into the top 50 at #32 in 2008 as Calum fell out of it to #89, having been #45 the year before.
Alex · Calum · 27 shared years, 1997–2024 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 2008 Northern Ireland ranking

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Pairs involving Calum measured in Northern Ireland's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Calum at its highest position.

Oliver vs Calum
In 1997 they stood at #100 and #100 in Northern Ireland · Boys, 0 places apart; by 2024 they were #10 and #339.
Oliver · Calum · 27 shared years, 1997–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking
Jacob vs Calum
In 1997 they stood at #94 and #100 in Northern Ireland · Boys, 6 places apart; by 2024 they were #13 and #339.
Jacob · Calum · 27 shared years, 1997–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking
Bradley vs Calum
Bradley and Calum changed places 12 times in Northern Ireland · Boys between 1997 and 2024, ending at #404 and #339.
Bradley · Calum · 27 shared years, 1997–2024 · Repeatedly exchanged positions
See the 2024 Northern Ireland ranking

Northern Ireland overview→

Calum was ranked #21 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Calum and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Calum without appearing here.

Calum moved ahead of

Craig Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1692 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #2325.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #520 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #432 and #829.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1799 and #2160.
Daithi Compare
In 2017 they stood at #234 and #71 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #195 and #471.

Moved ahead of Calum

Conan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1192 and #1379 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1984 and #1023.
Markus Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1192 and #1230 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1984 and #1250.
Phillip Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1192 and #1314 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1984 and #1250.
Derek Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1192 and #1635 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1984 and #1329.

Moved the opposite way to Calum

Alex Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calum went from #298 to #432 while Alex went from #136 to #37.
Ben Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calum went from #298 to #432 while Ben went from #118 to #40.
Callum Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calum went from #298 to #432 while Callum went from #238 to #49.
Leon Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calum went from #298 to #432 while Leon went from #135 to #73.

Moved the same way as Calum

Denis Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calum went from #298 to #432 and Denis from #91 to #232.
Frank Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calum went from #298 to #432 and Frank from #192 to #286.
Julian Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calum went from #298 to #432 and Julian from #202 to #348.
Mohammed Compare
Between 1992 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Calum went from #298 to #432 and Mohammed from #238 to #468.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1992 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #21 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Calum

Calum at a glance

What stands out in Calum's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Calum across 3 official records

Calum by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Calum appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Calum

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Names published alongside Calum

Calum and the names beside it

Calum moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Calum

Moved the opposite way to Calum

Moved the same way as Calum

Calum at a glance

What stands out in Calum's record

Calum across 3 official records

Calum by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Calum appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Comparisons involving Calum

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Northern Ireland lists

Names published alongside Calum

Calum and the names beside it

Calum moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Calum

Moved the opposite way to Calum

Moved the same way as Calum