first name
CALLUM
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,894 people named Callum, 84.7% reported their origin as White, 7.4% as two or more races and 5.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Callum peaked in 2025, when 3,003 babies got the name.
At least 16,089 babies have been given the name since 1983. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Callum by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #390. The largest share of babies named Callum, 84%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Callum is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Callum has been most common in New Hampshire (2.7×), Utah (2.6×), and Colorado (2.4×), and least common in Mississippi (0.22×).
14,635 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Callum
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Callum, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Callum ranks #38,070 of 156,621, with 627 people. See Callum as a last name
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