Kaelum
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-lum
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Kaelum is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “sky, heavens”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Kaelum mean?
Latin: spelling of Caelum
“sky, heavens”
Latin for 'sky'; Caelum is also a small southern constellation, where the name is a different Latin word meaning 'chisel'.
Meaning borrowed from Caelum.
Is Kaelum a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaelum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaelum in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kaelum in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Kaelum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Kaelum in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Kaelum, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Kaelum in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 185 boys in the US were given Kaelum or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,040, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Kaelum in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
Names like Kaelum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Callum Koa Kamsiyochukwu Obi Nikodem Chidubem Kwame Adem Kobe Liam Kenechukwu Kai
Other spellings of Kaelum
Names related to Kaelum
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, “Kaelum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaelum, updated 20 October 2026.