Kaleem

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kaleem: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #751 in 2001, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#751highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#976
1997	#1174
1998	#1263
1999	#948
2000	#1241
2001	#751
2002	#993
2003	#1188
2004	#1110
2005	#1534
2006	#1347
2007	#1361
2008	#1457
2009	#1302
2010	#1483
2011	#2194
2012	#1367
2013	#1539
2014	#2079
2015	#2150
2016	#2027
2017	#2324
2018	#3959
2019	#1869
2020	#2960
2021	#2493
2022	#4001
2023	#4107
2024	#2088

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 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #976 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #751 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kaleem 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 Kaleem in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	51	4 of 10	13
2000sbusiest	158	10 of 10	16
2010s	114	10 of 10	11
2020s	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Kaleem appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #751 in England and Wales in 2001.

Kaleem'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1869	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1539	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1302	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#993	17	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#948	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#976	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #751, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2001Under 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Adnaan · #751, 27y
Manahil · #750, 25y
Reef · #750, 29y
Tasnia · #752, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Adnaan · #751, 27y
Annalee · #751, 20y
Kaiah · #751, 12y
Molly-may · #751, 28y

Kaleem was ranked #751 in England and Wales · Boys in 2001. 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.

Kaleem 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 Kaleem without appearing here.

Kaleem moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4001 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Kaleem

Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1869 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #1548.
Mathias Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1483 and #1620 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #1209.
Kelly Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #3048.

Moved the opposite way to Kaleem

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleem went from #976 to #2088 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleem went from #976 to #2088 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleem went from #976 to #2088 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleem went from #976 to #2088 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kaleem

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleem went from #976 to #2088 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleem went from #976 to #2088 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleem went from #976 to #2088 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaleem went from #976 to #2088 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #751 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kaleem

Kaleem at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaleem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kaleem at a glance

Kaleem 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 Kaleem

Kaleem and the names beside it

Kaleem moved ahead of

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