Kallum

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kallum: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #194, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#194highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#251
1997	#237
1998	#194
1999	#218
2000	#225
2001	#259
2002	#254
2003	#332
2004	#359
2005	#320
2006	#367
2007	#560
2008	#508
2009	#505
2010	#706
2011	#662
2012	#719
2013	#850
2014	#935
2015	#790
2016	#1234
2017	#1210
2018	#1875
2019	#1986
2020	#1825
2021	#4789
2022	#3048
2024	#2921

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 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2022: #779 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3048 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #251 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: #194 among boys in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kallum appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,790 births with the name.

Kallum across 3 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.

Kallum'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	#251 (1996)	#194 (1998)	#2921 (2024)	28 of 29	1,790 (1996–2024)	169 (1998)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#337 (1997)	#244 (2004)	#779 (2022)	17 of 26	94 (1997–2022)	11 (2004)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#390 (2009)	#390 (2009)	#418 (2019)	3 of 11	9 (2009–2019)	3 (2009)

Kallum 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 Kallum in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	548	4 of 10	137
2000sbusiest	903	10 of 10	90
2010s	311	10 of 10	31
2020s	28	4 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 90 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1997 and 1998, when recorded births rose by 43, from 126 to 169.

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

Kallum 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #194 in England and Wales in 1998.

Kallum'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1986	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1210	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1234	22	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#790	40	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#935	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#850	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#719	46	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#662	49	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#706	43	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#505	69	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#508	68	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#560	55	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#367	93	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#320	100	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#359	82	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#332	82	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#254	114	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#259	107	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#225	133	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#218	140	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#194	169	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#237	126	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#251	113	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#387	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #194, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 169 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 13 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.

Kalli · #2444, 21y
Kallie · #407, 29y
Kaloyan · #1469, 17y
Kalum · #274, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Kendra · #194, 29y
Kirstie · #194, 28y
Ayat · #193, 26y
Keane · #193, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Kendra · #194, 29y
Ayat · #193, 26y
Barnaby · #195, 29y
Emmeli · #195, 22y

Kallum was ranked #194 in England and Wales · Boys in 1998. 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.

Kallum 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 Kallum without appearing here.

Kallum moved ahead of

Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4789 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #4001.
Brett Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4789 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #3449.
Courtney Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4789 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #3449.
Ross Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3048 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #3254.

Moved ahead of Kallum

Andrea Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #1860.
Gunnar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #1935 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #1860.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.
Rodney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #2682 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #4789 and #2125.

Moved the opposite way to Kallum

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kallum went from #251 to #2921 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kallum went from #251 to #2921 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kallum went from #251 to #2921 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kallum went from #251 to #2921 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kallum

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kallum went from #251 to #2921 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kallum went from #251 to #2921 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kallum went from #251 to #2921 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kallum went from #251 to #2921 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #194 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kallum

Kallum at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kallum across 3 official records

Kallum by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kallum appears in

Popularity data

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Kallum at a glance

Kallum across 3 official records

Kallum by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kallum

Kallum and the names beside it

Kallum moved ahead of

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