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Calum

Calum was most popular in 2025, when 313 boys got the name. In 2025 it ranked number 799 for boys.

3,506babies since 1880
2025most popular year
#799best rank, 2025
#799rank in 2025

Babies named Calum each year in the US

Boys

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See the numbers by decade
DecadeBoys
1970s5
1980s33
1990s288
2000s496
2010s1,023
2020s1,661

Calum in other countries

Out of every 10,000 boys born each year, how many were named Calum.

US England and Wales Scotland Northern Ireland France

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CountryTop yearAt peak2025 rank
US 2025 1 in 5,457 #799
England and Wales 1996 1 in 519 #3,302
Scotland 1996 1 in 78 #180
Northern Ireland 2006 1 in 97 n/a
France 2021 1 in 70,327 n/a

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Where the counts come from: the US from Social Security card records from 1880 (names given to at least 5 babies in a year; years before about 1937 count fewer people, because the cards started then), and before 1880 from Douglas Galbi's tables of a census sample. England and Wales from the Office for National Statistics from 1996, and before that from Stephen Bush's study of local birth records, a sample of about 120,000 births a year (CC BY 4.0). Scotland from National Records of Scotland. Northern Ireland from NISRA. France from INSEE, first names and last names. Italy from ISTAT (CC BY 4.0), the top 50 names a year. Berlin from the city's open data (CC BY 3.0 DE), counting only the first of a child's names. UK figures are Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence. US last names from the 2020 census, and before 1850 from the 1790 census. Irish last names from Robert Matheson's report on the births of 1890. Italian last names from the City of Florence (CC BY 4.0). Norwegian last names from Statistics Norway (CC BY 4.0).

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