Kaylem

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kaylem: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #242, and it stood at #3,254 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#242highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#728
1997	#528
1998	#1000
1999	#840
2000	#1167
2001	#1078
2002	#1411
2003	#1513
2004	#1410
2005	#919
2006	#1127
2007	#987
2008	#836
2009	#809
2010	#811
2011	#1158
2012	#1119
2013	#1294
2014	#1327
2015	#1673
2016	#1704
2017	#3449
2018	#2693
2019	#2266
2020	#2076
2021	#3990
2023	#4107
2024	#3254

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 2021: #631 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3990 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #728 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 recorded1998–2021
Highest recorded position: #242 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1998–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3254 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kaylem appears in 2 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 475 births with the name.

Kaylem 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.

Kaylem'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	#728 (1996)	#528 (1997)	#3254 (2024)	28 of 29	475 (1996–2024)	36 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#242 (1998)	#242 (1998)	#631 (2021)	16 of 24	91 (1998–2021)	11 (2010)

Kaylem 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 Kaylem in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	88	4 of 10	22
2000sbusiest	194	10 of 10	19
2010s	169	10 of 10	17
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Kaylem 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #242 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Kaylem'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	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1327	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1294	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#811	36	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#809	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#836	33	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#987	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1127	19	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#919	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1167	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#840	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1000	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#528	34	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#728	21	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	7	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	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 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #242, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 2 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.

Kaylee · #235, 30y
Kayleigh · #45, 41y
Kaylen · #382, 29y
Kayley · #219, 30y

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.

Kelley · #242, 29y
Bozena · #241, 30y
Davis · #243, 31y
Edda · #243, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dillan · #242, 29y
Junaid · #242, 29y
Kenan · #242, 30y
Arham · #241, 27y

Kaylem was ranked #242 in Republic of Ireland · 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.

Kaylem 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 Kaylem without appearing here.

Kaylem moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3990 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3254 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Kaylem

Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2076 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Rodney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2076 and #2682 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2076 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2076 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2301.

Moved the opposite way to Kaylem

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaylem went from #728 to #3254 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaylem went from #728 to #3254 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaylem went from #728 to #3254 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaylem went from #728 to #3254 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kaylem

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaylem went from #728 to #3254 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaylem went from #728 to #3254 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaylem went from #728 to #3254 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kaylem went from #728 to #3254 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #242 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kaylem

Kaylem at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kaylem across 2 official records

Kaylem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kaylem appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Kaylem at a glance

Kaylem across 2 official records

Kaylem by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kaylem appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kaylem

Kaylem and the names beside it

Kaylem moved ahead of

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