Callum

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #118 for boys in 2025, 2,995 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 2,995 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,051
since 1983

Callum over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Callum has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178#1182,995
2024#15,2935#1582,266
2023#8,98911#2211,645
2022#13,5926#2491,417
2021#11,1468#2731,264
2020—#336968
2019—#449671
2018—#558493
2017—#608433
2016—#706349
2015—#685369
2014—#732327
2013—#782287
2012—#807275
2011—#846253
2010—#845250
2009—#879240
2008—#974205
2007—#1,088168
2006—#1,185142
2005—#1,411104
2004—#1,374105
2003—#1,269112
2002—#1,51482
2001—#1,42987
2000—#1,51479
1999—#1,53173
1998—#1,74158
1997—#1,55066
1996—#1,50067
1995—#1,84147
1994—#2,08239
1993—#3,36819
1992—#2,83424
1991—#3,46217
1990—#4,67311
1989—#5,6158
1988—#6,4266
1987—#5,4597
1986—#5,3327
1985—#6,5235
1984—#6,3155
1983—#5,4846
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First appearance
1983

The first year at least five boys were named Callum! It came in at #5,484, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1983–1988, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Callum is popular in 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #222 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,003 boysNHWashington: #497 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,965 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #483 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,079 boysMNIllinois: #1,004 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,729 boysILWisconsin: #573 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,966 boysWIMichigan: #932 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,032 boysMINew York: #886 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 7,588 boysNYMassachusetts: #350 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,308 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedRIOregon: #517 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,053 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #633 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 5,083 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #937 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 10,164 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedNEMissouri: #792 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,533 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedWVVirginia: #441 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,771 boysVAMaryland: #602 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,029 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedARTennessee: #841 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,031 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,224 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,178 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedHITexas: #890 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 8,119 boysTXFlorida: #935 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 7,720 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#222 · 1 in 1,003
  2. Massachusetts#350 · 1 in 2,308
  3. Virginia#441 · 1 in 2,771
  4. Minnesota#483 · 1 in 3,079
  5. Washington#497 · 1 in 2,965

Best ever in a state: #22 in Vermont, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#22251 in 1,003
Massachusetts#350131 in 2,308
Virginia#441151 in 2,771
Minnesota#48391 in 3,079
Washington#497121 in 2,965
Oregon#51761 in 3,053
Wisconsin#57371 in 3,966
Maryland#60271 in 4,029
Pennsylvania#633121 in 5,083
Missouri#79251 in 6,533
Tennessee#84151 in 7,031
New York#886141 in 7,588
Texas#890221 in 8,119
Michigan#93261 in 8,032
Florida#935121 in 7,720
California#937231 in 10,164
Illinois#1,00481 in 8,729
Georgia#1,22451 in 11,178
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Callum
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 40 spots since 2024 (#158 → #118)
  • 218 spots since 2020 (#336 → #118)
  • 567 spots since 2015 (#685 → #118)
  • Biggest jump: 114 spots in 2008 (#1,088 → #974)
  • Biggest drop: 21 spots in 2016 (#685 → #706)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1983
  • Peaked 2025 at #118 (2,995 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 570
  • Highest: 1 in 570 boys born in 2025 were named Callum (0.18%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 65.8% of all boys named Callum (10,555) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s44#5,332 (1986)#5,879
1990s421#1,500 (1996)#2,458
2000s1,324#879 (2009)#1,264
2010s3,707#449 (2019)#702
2020s10,555#118 (2025)#226

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Callum in 2010

boys
#845
250 births · 1 in 7,675 boys

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #845Callum250
More about 2010

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 7,675 of them was named Callum, which outranked 94.1% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Callum
  1. #841Blaze251
  2. #841Malaki251
  3. #841Randall251
  4. #845Callum250
  5. #845Bentlee250
  6. #845Brogan250
  7. #845Jerimiah250
  8. #851Agustin249
  9. #851Rey249
  10. #851Ronin249

Tied with 5 names at #845; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010 →