Callam

maleStatistical record

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

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

Callam: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #339, and it was last ranked in 2013.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#339highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2013

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#341
1997	#339
1998	#393
1999	#440
2000	#568
2001	#638
2002	#722
2003	#945
2004	#1410
2005	#1617
2006	#1224
2007	#2435
2008	#2775
2009	#2318
2010	#3332
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2013	#3822

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2013.

In 2003: #500 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #945 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2013 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #341 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 recorded1996–2013
Highest recorded position: #339 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2013).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2013
Most recently recorded at #3822 among boys in England and Wales, in 2013.
England and Wales · Boys

Callam 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 Callam in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	246	4 of 10	62
2000sbusiest	169	10 of 10	17
2010s	16	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Callam 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 2013. Highest recorded position: #339 in England and Wales in 1997.

Callam'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
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1224	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1617	11	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#945	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#722	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#638	29	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#568	33	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#440	49	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#393	56	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#339	71	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#341	70	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	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 2013, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #339, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 71 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 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.

Calix · #2488, 10y
Calla · #418, 27y
Callan · #36, 30y
Calleigh · #430, 13y

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.

Kohan · #339, 14y
Rheanna · #339, 15y
Dannielle · #337, 23y
Araya · #336, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Antoine · #339, 30y
Arden · #339, 24y
Colt · #339, 25y
Gigi · #339, 23y

Callam was ranked #339 in England and Wales · 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.

Callam 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 Callam without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Callam

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Theodor Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2318 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3332 and #1201.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1224 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2435 and #926.
Morten Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #3865 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #2390.

Moved the opposite way to Callam

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Callam went from #341 to #3822 while Albie went from #853 to #139.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Callam went from #341 to #3822 while Alfie went from #119 to #11.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Callam went from #341 to #3822 while Archie went from #192 to #16.
Arthur Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Callam went from #341 to #3822 while Arthur went from #234 to #43.

Moved the same way as Callam

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Callam went from #341 to #3822 and Aaron from #33 to #81.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Callam went from #341 to #3822 and Adam from #16 to #40.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Callam went from #341 to #3822 and Alex from #43 to #65.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2013 in England and Wales · Boys, Callam went from #341 to #3822 and Alexander from #14 to #24.

What's not yet available

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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 2013. Highest recorded position: #339 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Callam

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Popularity journey

Callam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Callam at a glance

Callam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Callam and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Callam

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