Kalem — #6544 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kalem

The Social Security Administration has registered 955 babies named Kalem between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kalem currently holds the #6544 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kalem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 286 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kalem shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kalem in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kalem 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 955 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.