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Calum

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~3,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#799 among boys
Births in 2025
313 3,506 since 1880
Typical age
6 years, median

Calum popularity over time

Calum rank by birth year, 1978–2025Calum ranked #5,772 in 1978 and #799 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #799, in 2025.#1,000#79919801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1978–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Calum was used most in 2025, when 313 babies were given the name. 1978 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. The 2025 position is #799, on 313 births.

Over ten years the count has risen 4.1×. It climbed 105 places against the previous year.

Babies named Calum per yearPeaks at 313 births in 2025.313 in 2025019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Calum?

About 3,500 people named Calum are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 3,506 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Calum?

The typical living Calum is 6 years old. The 2020s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Calum a current name.

Your Calum

Ages of living people named CalumHalf of living Calums are older than 6 and half younger.median 602040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Calum is most common

Relative to births, Utah carries 3.7× the national share of Calums. Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ohio follow.

Where Calum is used more than average5 states use the name Calum more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 1.8× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 2.2× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: 2.2× the national rateWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: 1.9× the national rateOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: 3.7× the national rateUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Calum is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Utah 90 3.7×
Wisconsin 69 2.2×
Minnesota 70 2.2×
Ohio 136 1.9×
Washington 77 1.8×

Calum in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Calum ranked #3,256 in 2025 on 6 births. That is 73% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Calum comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Calum, from Late Latin Columba, the name of a sixth century Scottish saint, one of the patron saints of Scotland. Doublet of Colm.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Calum

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Calum Chambers English association football player 1995 41
Calum Scott English singer 1988 30
Calum Worthy Canadian actor 1991 28
Calum Davenport British footballer 1983 16
Calum Jarvis British swimmer 1992 15
Calum Hood Australian bassist 1996 12
Calum McFarlane English football manager 1985 10
Calum Angus English footballer 1986 10
Photo credits (4)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Calum

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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