Kalum
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAL-um
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Kalum is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Kalum mean?
Latin: spelling of Callum; Scottish Gaelic form of Columba, from Latin
“dove”
Linked with St Columba, the 6th-century Irish monk who founded the monastery on Iona and spread Christianity in Scotland.
Meaning borrowed from Callum. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kalum a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalum in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 35 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kalum in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Kalum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 32 | #933 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,065 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 25 | #821 |
| 2001 | 25 | #768 |
| 2000 | 34 | #606 |
| 1999 | 27 | #705 |
| 1998 | 31 | #637 |
| 1997 | 33 | #585 |
| 1996 | 35 | #543 |
How popular is Kalum in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Kalum, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Kalum in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,466 boys in the US were given Kalum or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #114, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
Kalum in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Nicknames for Kalum
- Cal 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kalum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Callum, Koa, Kai, Liam, Kobe, Kwame, Hamza, Kamsiyochukwu, Obi, Adem, Chidubem, Ewan
Other spellings of Kalum
Names related to Kalum
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, “Kalum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalum, updated 20 October 2026.