Calum — #908 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Calum

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,188 babies named Calum between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Calum currently holds the #908 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 303 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calum performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,343 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Calum shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 293 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Calum in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calum 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 3,188 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.