Caelum
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-lum
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,688 for boys
Caelum is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “sky, heavens”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,688th for boys in the US (97 babies).
What does Caelum mean?
Latin
“sky, heavens”
Latin for 'sky'; Caelum is also a small southern constellation, where the name is a different Latin word meaning 'chisel'.
Is Caelum a girl's or a boy's name?
Caelum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 97 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caelum in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Caelum, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Caelum than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Caelum in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Caelum or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Caelum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Caelum in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,688among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 97about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 97 boys in the US were named Caelum, making it the 1,688th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,113th. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had the most boys named Caelum of any year since it first appeared, in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Caelum in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 185 boys in the US were given Caelum or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,040, up from #1,688 for this spelling alone.
Caelum in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | #1,688 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,028 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,243 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,172 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 2019 | 78 | #1,899 |
| 2018 | 85 | #1,792 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Caelum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Callum Remy Albie Cillian Enzo Hudson Theo Rowan Cooper Oakley Finley Luca
Other spellings of Caelum
Names related to Caelum
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Caelum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caelum, updated 20 October 2026.