Kaylum
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-lum
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Kaylum is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Kaylum mean?
Latin: probably a variant of Calum, from Columba
“dove”
Probably a variant of Calum, the Scottish Gaelic form of Columba, Latin for dove.
Is Kaylum a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaylum is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaylum in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kaylum, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 50 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Kaylum since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Kaylum in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Kaylum or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kaylum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,309 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,079 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,112 |
| 2012 | 37 | #905 |
| 2011 | 50 | #710 |
| 2010 | 43 | #771 |
| 2009 | 36 | #864 |
| 2008 | 41 | #780 |
| 2007 | 39 | #779 |
| 2006 | 33 | #842 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 34 | #746 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,205 |
| 2002 | 29 | #733 |
| 2001 | 30 | #673 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,057 |
| 1999 | 26 | #717 |
| 1998 | 24 | #749 |
| 1997 | 36 | #556 |
| 1996 | 24 | #697 |
How popular is Kaylum in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Kaylum, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Kaylum in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 185 boys in the US were given Kaylum or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,040, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Kaylum in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Kaylum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Callum, Koa, Kai, Musa, Arham, Liam, Hamza, Zayan, Ibrahim, Rayyan, Eesa, Ayaan
Other spellings of Kaylum
Names related to Kaylum
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, “Kaylum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaylum, updated 20 October 2026.