Kailum

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kailum: Recorded since 1996, it reached #401 in 2012, and it stood at #755 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#401highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2021

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1997	#874
1998	#1110
1999	#1130
2000	#953
2001	#1202
2002	#1519
2003	#1326
2004	#1596
2005	#1851
2006	#1401
2007	#1666
2008	#1457
2009	#1981
2010	#2036
2011	#1688
2012	#1962
2013	#3315
2014	#2964
2015	#2483
2016	#3079
2017	#2734
2018	#4749
2020	#4608
2021	#3990

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 25 of the 26 years from 1996 to 2021.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3990 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 recorded2003–2021
Highest recorded position: #401 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2012 (recorded 2003–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3990 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Kailum appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 240 births with the name.

Kailum 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.

Kailum'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)	#874 (1997)	#3990 (2021)	25 of 26	240 (1996–2021)	17 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#423 (2003)	#401 (2012)	#755 (2021)	12 of 19	51 (2003–2021)	9 (2012)

Kailum 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 Kailum in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	45	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	119	10 of 10	12
2010s	69	9 of 10	8
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Kailum 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: #401 in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Kailum'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3079	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1401	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1851	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#953	16	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	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 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #401, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

Kailen · #779, 26y
Kailey · #248, 25y
Kailyn · #862, 12y
Kain · #243, 29y

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.

Lacey-Mae · #401, 23y
Richelle · #401, 30y
Duaa · #400, 26y
Humza · #399, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ayana · #402, 29y
Duaa · #400, 26y
Gus · #402, 30y
Sheldon · #402, 29y

Kailum was ranked #401 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.

Kailum 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 Kailum without appearing here.

Kailum moved ahead of

Kristoffer Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2357 and #2357 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #874 and #2022.
Tayla Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2357 and #1458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #874 and #2022.
Kim Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1596 and #1596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1851 and #2754.
Shannon Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2357 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #874 and #1761.

Moved ahead of Kailum

Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1786.
Aria Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2445.
Espen Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Kailum

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailum went from #2357 to #3990 while Albie went from #853 to #32.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailum went from #2357 to #3990 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailum went from #2357 to #3990 while Alfred went from #218 to #80.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailum went from #2357 to #3990 while Archie went from #192 to #9.

Moved the same way as Kailum

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailum went from #2357 to #3990 and Aaron from #33 to #119.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailum went from #2357 to #3990 and Adam from #16 to #44.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailum went from #2357 to #3990 and Alan from #163 to #352.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Kailum went from #2357 to #3990 and Alex from #43 to #122.

What's not yet available

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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 2021. Highest recorded position: #401 in Republic of Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Kailum

Kailum at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kailum across 2 official records

Kailum by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kailum at a glance

Kailum across 2 official records

Kailum 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 Kailum

Kailum and the names beside it

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