Caylum
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-lum
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Caylum is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Caylum mean?
Latin: spelling of Kaylum; probably a variant of Calum, from Columba
“dove”
Probably a variant of Calum, the Scottish Gaelic form of Columba, Latin for dove.
Meaning borrowed from Kaylum.
Is Caylum a girl's or a boy's name?
Caylum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caylum in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Caylum in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Caylum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Caylum in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Caylum, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Caylum in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 185 boys in the US were given Caylum or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,040, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Caylum in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
Names like Caylum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Callum Albie Alfie Oliver Cassian Cillian Theo Finley Liam Remy Jenson Charlie
Other spellings of Caylum
Names related to Caylum
More Latin names
Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara
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, “Caylum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caylum, updated 20 October 2026.