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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013boysat 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 2013

  • 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: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedNHWashington: #443 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,378 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: #506 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,113 boysMNIllinois: #890 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 7,323 boysILWisconsin: #736 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,423 boysWIMichigan: #659 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,799 boysMINew York: #708 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 5,394 boysNYMassachusetts: #419 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,936 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedORNevada: 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: #867 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 7,459 boysOHPennsylvania: #721 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 5,975 boysPANew Jersey: #975 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,305 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #734 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 6,306 boysCAUtah: #603 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,600 boysUTColorado: #479 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,682 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedNEMissouri: #778 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,351 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedWVVirginia: #600 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,172 boysVAMaryland: #677 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,580 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedDEArizona: #555 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,679 boysAZNew 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: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #628 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 4,583 boysNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Callum, so not publishedHITexas: #1,133 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 12,017 boysTXFlorida: #635 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 4,448 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#419 · 1 in 2,936
  2. Washington#443 · 1 in 2,378
  3. Colorado#479 · 1 in 2,682
  4. Minnesota#506 · 1 in 3,113
  5. Arizona#555 · 1 in 3,679

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#419101 in 2,936
Washington#443151 in 2,378
Colorado#479101 in 2,682
Minnesota#50691 in 3,113
Arizona#555101 in 3,679
Virginia#600101 in 4,172
Utah#60361 in 3,600
North Carolina#628111 in 4,583
Florida#635211 in 4,448
Michigan#659101 in 4,799
Maryland#67761 in 4,580
New York#708191 in 5,394
Pennsylvania#721101 in 5,975
California#734361 in 6,306
Wisconsin#73651 in 5,423
Missouri#77851 in 6,351
Ohio#86781 in 7,459
Illinois#89091 in 7,323
New Jersey#97551 in 8,305
Texas#1,133151 in 12,017
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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 2013

boys
#782
287 births · 1 in 6,591 boys

Top boys' names in 2013

  1. #1Noah18,291
  2. #2Jacob18,201
  3. #3Liam18,153
  4. #4Mason17,730
  5. #5William16,669
  6. #6Ethan16,260
  7. #7Michael15,544
  8. #8Alexander14,923
  9. #9Jayden14,804
  10. #10Daniel14,326
  11. #782Callum287
More about 2013

boys

1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 6,591 of them was named Callum, which outranked 94.4% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Callum
  1. #779Adrien288
  2. #779Atlas288
  3. #779Mayson288
  4. #782Callum287
  5. #782Fletcher287
  6. #782Giancarlo287
  7. #782Jadiel287
  8. #787Alfonso286
  9. #787Callan286
  10. #787Darrell286

Tied with 4 names at #782; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 843Jayceon#1,050 → #207
  2. ↑ 636Milan#1,182 → #546
  3. ↑ 604Atlas#1,383 → #779
  4. ↑ 504Jayse#1,466 → #962
  5. ↑ 423Duke#1,145 → #722
Fallers
  1. ↓ 318Austyn#898 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 291Masen#723 → #1,014
  3. ↓ 274Jaidyn#979 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 267Trevon#925 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 260Bently#637 → #897

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

See the top 100 for 2013 →