# Callum (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/callum/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Malcolm |
| US babies named this | 16,089 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16,051 / 38 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 65,982, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Scottish surname, shortened from McCallum; also a variant of Calum.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | 11,317 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13,928 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,100 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15,728 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,126 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 253 | 846 |
| 2012 | 275 | 807 |
| 2013 | 287 | 782 |
| 2014 | 327 | 732 |
| 2015 | 369 | 685 |
| 2016 | 349 | 706 |
| 2017 | 433 | 609 |
| 2018 | 493 | 558 |
| 2019 | 671 | 449 |
| 2020 | 968 | 336 |
| 2021 | 1,264 | 273 |
| 2022 | 1,417 | 249 |
| 2023 | 1,645 | 221 |
| 2024 | 2,266 | 158 |
| 2025 | 2,995 | 118 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,580 | 46 |
| 2012 | 1,322 | 51 |
| 2013 | 855 | 73 |
| 2014 | 803 | 82 |
| 2015 | 798 | 83 |
| 2016 | 594 | 110 |
| 2017 | 567 | 112 |
| 2018 | 426 | 135 |
| 2019 | 319 | 169 |
| 2020 | 332 | 161 |
| 2021 | 292 | 186 |
| 2022 | 213 | 229 |
| 2023 | 206 | 233 |
| 2024 | 198 | 248 |
| 2025 | 186 | 251 |

## People named Callum

- Callum Hudson-Odoi, English association football player (born 2000)
- Callum Wilson, English association football player (born 1992)
- Callum Turner, English actor (born 1990)
- Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor
- Callum Blue, English actor
- Callum Ilott, British racing driver
- Callum Scotson, Australian bicycle racer
- Callum McManaman, English association football player (born 1991)
- Callum Smith, British professional boxer
- Callum Connolly, English association football player (born 1997)
- Callum Doyle, English association football player
- Callum Ferguson, Australian cricketer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.