Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Callum yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Callum is up 591% in ten years, the second-steepest climb here, and reached 2,258 births at rank 159 in 2024. Its cumulative total is only 13,076 — the smallest in this slice alongside Stetson — from a start in 1983. Every listed bearer is British and most are footballers: Callum Hudson-Odoi, born 2000, Callum Wilson, Callum McGregor, plus the actors Callum Turner and Callum Keith Rennie, born 1960. That concentration tells the story. Callum is a Scottish name that has been extremely popular in Britain since the 1990s and is only now crossing over, which puts it a full generation behind its usage elsewhere — a lag that is common with British imports and rarely noticed.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 6 | #5,585 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,446 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,662 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,910 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,557 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,533 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,704 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,705 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,481 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,850 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,383 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,089 |
| 1995 | 47 | #1,842 |
| 1996 | 67 | #1,500 |
| 1997 | 66 | #1,551 |
| 1998 | 58 | #1,742 |
| 1999 | 73 | #1,533 |
| 2000 | 79 | #1,515 |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,432 |
| 2002 | 82 | #1,514 |
| 2003 | 112 | #1,269 |
| 2004 | 105 | #1,375 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,415 |
| 2006 | 142 | #1,187 |
| 2007 | 168 | #1,091 |
| 2008 | 205 | #974 |
| 2009 | 240 | #879 |
| 2010 | 250 | #847 |
| 2011 | 253 | #846 |
| 2012 | 275 | #807 |
| 2013 | 287 | #781 |
| 2014 | 327 | #732 |
| 2015 | 369 | #685 |
| 2016 | 349 | #706 |
| 2017 | 433 | #609 |
| 2018 | 493 | #558 |
| 2019 | 671 | #448 |
| 2020 | 967 | #336 |
| 2021 | 1,264 | #273 |
| 2022 | 1,417 | #249 |
| 2023 | 1,643 | #222 |
| 2024 | 2,258 | #159 |
