Kalum

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kalum: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #274 in 2000, and it was last ranked in 2018.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#274highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2017

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#535
1997	#567
1998	#585
1999	#679
2000	#579
2001	#786
2002	#824
2003	#976
2004	#1160
2005	#1299
2006	#1127
2007	#1361
2008	#1024
2009	#1859
2010	#2941
2011	#2613
2012	#3987
2013	#3315
2014	#4632
2015	#2707
2016	#4810
2017	#4812

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 2017.

In 2015: #615 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2707 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #535 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 recorded1999–2018
Highest recorded position: #274 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1999–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #749 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2018.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kalum appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 354 births with the name.

Kalum 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.

Kalum'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	#535 (1996)	#535 (1996)	#4812 (2017)	22 of 22	354 (1996–2017)	32 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#379 (1999)	#274 (2000)	#749 (2018)	11 of 20	47 (1999–2018)	6 (2000)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#329 (2009)	#329 (2009)	2 of 2	7 (2008–2009)	4 (2009)

Kalum 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 Kalum in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	119	4 of 10	30
2000sbusiest	197	10 of 10	20
2010s	38	8 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

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

Kalum 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 2018. Highest recorded position: #274 in Republic of Ireland in 2000.

Kalum'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
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3987	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1024	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1127	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1299	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#976	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#824	22	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#786	22	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#579	32	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#679	25	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#585	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#567	31	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#535	32	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#329	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	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 2018, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #274, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 12 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.

Kallum · #194, 28y
Kaloyan · #1469, 17y
Kalvin · #272, 29y
Kamaal · #1167, 15y

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.

Kaela · #273, 22y
Micheala · #275, 21y
Neala · #273, 19y
Gethin · #272, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Griffin · #274, 29y
Dahlia · #275, 27y
Juno · #275, 27y
Kaela · #273, 22y

Kalum was ranked #274 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2000. 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.

Kalum 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 Kalum without appearing here.

Kalum moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 1999 they stood at #679 and #621 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #579 and #881.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #601 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #604 and #701.

Moved ahead of Kalum

Roger Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #4632 and #1721.
Rodney Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2707 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2175.
Ole Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2707 and #3908 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2335.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2707 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4810 and #2556.

Moved the opposite way to Kalum

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalum went from #535 to #4812 while Albie went from #853 to #57.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalum went from #535 to #4812 while Alfie went from #119 to #12.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalum went from #535 to #4812 while Alfred went from #218 to #107.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalum went from #535 to #4812 while Archie went from #192 to #18.

Moved the same way as Kalum

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalum went from #535 to #4812 and Aaron from #33 to #101.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalum went from #535 to #4812 and Adam from #16 to #36.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalum went from #535 to #4812 and Alex from #43 to #92.
Alexander Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Kalum went from #535 to #4812 and Alexander from #14 to #22.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #274 in Republic of Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Kalum

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kalum across 3 official records

Kalum by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kalum across 3 official records

Kalum by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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