Kallum
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-um
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,520 for boys
Kallum is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,520th for boys in the US (114 babies).
What does Kallum mean?
Latin: spelling of Calum, the Scottish Gaelic form of Columba
“dove”
Calum honours St Columba, the Irish monk who founded the monastery on Iona in 563 and brought Christianity to the Picts.
Is Kallum a girl's or a boy's name?
Kallum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 114 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kallum in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Kallum, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 172 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kallum in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 312 boys in the UK were given Kallum or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #192, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Kallum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,222 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 47 | #764 |
| 2014 | 37 | #891 |
| 2013 | 38 | #873 |
| 2012 | 50 | #732 |
| 2011 | 56 | #670 |
| 2010 | 44 | #761 |
| 2009 | 75 | #515 |
| 2008 | 75 | #516 |
| 2007 | 55 | #612 |
| 2006 | 99 | #385 |
| 2005 | 103 | #342 |
| 2004 | 82 | #384 |
| 2003 | 88 | #348 |
| 2002 | 116 | #276 |
| 2001 | 107 | #290 |
| 2000 | 136 | #235 |
| 1999 | 142 | #234 |
| 1998 | 172 | #212 |
| 1997 | 128 | #258 |
| 1996 | 115 | #271 |
How popular is Kallum in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,520among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 114about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 97% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 114 boys in the US were named Kallum, making it the 1,520th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,235th. It first appears in the records in 2007.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kallum of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Kallum in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,466 boys in the US were given Kallum or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #114, up from #1,520 for this spelling alone.
Kallum in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | #1,520 |
| 2024 | 91 | #1,795 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,013 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,093 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,172 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,235 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
Nicknames for Kallum
- Kal 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kallum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Liam Arham Koa Musa Eesa Zayan Hamza Zayaan Alfie Ayaan Rayyan Albie
Other spellings of Kallum
Names related to Kallum
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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, “Kallum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kallum, updated 20 October 2026.