Kaelem

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kaelem: Recorded since 1996, it reached #616 in 2012, and it stood at #631 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#616highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2020

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
2000	#3036
2003	#3467
2004	#2578
2005	#3208
2006	#2870
2007	#3095
2008	#4432
2009	#4527
2010	#4678
2011	#3830
2013	#3822
2016	#4810
2020	#4608

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 14 of the 25 years from 1996 to 2020.

In 2011: #730 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3830 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 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 recorded2007–2021
Highest recorded position: #616 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2007–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #631 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2021.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kaelem appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 14 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 52 births with the name.

Kaelem 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.

Kaelem'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
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#2357 (1996)	#4608 (2020)	14 of 25	52 (1996–2020)	5 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#629 (2007)	#616 (2012)	#631 (2021)	5 of 15	17 (2007–2021)	4 (2012)

Kaelem 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 Kaelem in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000sbusiest	31	8 of 10	4
2010s	14	4 of 10	4
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Kaelem 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 2021. Highest recorded position: #616 in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Kaelem'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
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	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 2021, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #616, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 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.

Kaela · #273, 22y
Kaelan · #358, 30y
Kaelen · #547, 21y
Kaelin · #409, 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.

Kallan · #616, 20y
Ondrej · #616, 14y
Flinn · #615, 18y
Justas · #615, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bronson · #616, 26y
Gustavo · #616, 22y
Kallan · #616, 20y
Yann · #616, 22y

Kaelem was ranked #616 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2012. 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.

Kaelem 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 Kaelem without appearing here.

Kaelem moved ahead of

Maddison Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4678 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #4685.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #4685.
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 Kaelem

Matheo Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3095 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #4432 and #2276.
Erin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3822 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2960.
Aria Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2578 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1851.
Espen Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3822 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #3478.

Moved the opposite way to Kaelem

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaelem went from #2357 to #4608 while Albie went from #853 to #35.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaelem went from #2357 to #4608 while Alfie went from #119 to #18.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaelem went from #2357 to #4608 while Alfred went from #218 to #91.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaelem went from #2357 to #4608 while Archie went from #192 to #9.

Moved the same way as Kaelem

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaelem went from #2357 to #4608 and Aaron from #33 to #120.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaelem went from #2357 to #4608 and Adam from #16 to #34.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaelem went from #2357 to #4608 and Alan from #163 to #298.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaelem went from #2357 to #4608 and Alex from #43 to #108.

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 2021. Highest recorded position: #616 in Republic of Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kaelem

Kaelem at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaelem across 2 official records

Kaelem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kaelem appears in

Popularity data

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Kaelem at a glance

Kaelem across 2 official records

Kaelem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kaelem

Kaelem and the names beside it

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