Calem

maleStatistical record

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

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

Calem: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 10 years, its highest recorded position is #303, and it stood at #657 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#303highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Calem's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2011

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1998	#1821
1999	#2425
2000	#1889
2001	#1949
2003	#3467
2004	#3651
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2009	#4527
2011	#3830

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 4 of the 26 years from 1997 to 2022.

In 2006: #493 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4052 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1337 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2022
Highest recorded position: #303 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #657 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2022.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Calem appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 11 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 51 births with the name.

Calem across 2 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.

Calem'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	#303 (1997)	#303 (1997)	#657 (2022)	4 of 26	16 (1997–2022)	5 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#1337 (1996)	#3830 (2011)	11 of 16	51 (1996–2011)	9 (1996)

Calem by decade in England and Wales · 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 Calem in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	3 of 10	6
2000sbusiest	28	7 of 10	4
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Calem 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #303 in Republic of Ireland in 1997.

Calem'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
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1949	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1889	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2022, ranked in 13 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #303, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 1 year 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
10 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#657position in 2022, its most recent recorded year
1 yearyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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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Cali · #192, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Daryll · #303, 9y
Orry · #303, 11y
Jamey · #302, 15y
Willie · #304, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Shae · #303, 29y
Jamey · #302, 15y
Kiefer · #302, 26y
Laith · #304, 29y

Calem was ranked #303 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1997. 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.

Calem 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 Calem without appearing here.

Calem moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #4647.

Moved ahead of Calem

Fredrik Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1949 and #2220 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1248.
Ole Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1949 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #1771.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1949 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #2189.
Gustav Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1889 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #3467 and #2189.

Moved the opposite way to Calem

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Calem went from #1337 to #3830 while Albie went from #853 to #218.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Calem went from #1337 to #3830 while Alfie went from #119 to #4.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Calem went from #1337 to #3830 while Archie went from #192 to #24.
Arthur Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Calem went from #1337 to #3830 while Arthur went from #234 to #68.

Moved the same way as Calem

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Calem went from #1337 to #3830 and Aaron from #33 to #58.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Calem went from #1337 to #3830 and Adam from #16 to #38.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Calem went from #1337 to #3830 and Alexander from #14 to #23.
Andreas Compare
Between 1996 and 2011 in England and Wales · Boys, Calem went from #1337 to #3830 and Andreas from #358 to #652.

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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #303 in Republic of Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Calem

Calem at a glance

What stands out in Calem's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Calem across 2 official records

Calem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Calem appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Calem at a glance

What stands out in Calem's record

Calem across 2 official records

Calem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Calem appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Calem

Calem and the names beside it

Calem moved ahead of

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