Callum — #159 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Callum

The Social Security Administration has registered 13,046 babies named Callum between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Callum currently holds the #159 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 2,258 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Callum performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 7,549 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Callum shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,245 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Callum in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Callum in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 13,046 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.