UK boy's name
Callam
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2013. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Callam is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Callam popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2013 in this profile. In that release it ranked #3822, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1997, with 71 births.
This profile covers 431 England and Wales registrations across 18 recorded years from 1996 to 2013. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 6% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 433 living people in the UK are called Callam. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2014 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Callam ranked #3822 for boys in England and Wales in 2013, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1997, when 71 boys were registered as Callam.
- • Callam ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #490 in 2004.
- • About 433 living people in the UK are estimated to have Callam as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#3822
2013
Births in 2013
4
Latest year
Peak year
1997
71 births
Estimated living
433
2026
Popularity
Callam over time
The chart below shows babies named Callam registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2013. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Callam, the clearest high point is 1997. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2013, compared with 71 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Callam by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Callam was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #3947 | 16 | 4 |
| 2000s | #1465 | 169 | 10 |
| 1990s | #378 | 246 | 4 |
Geography
Where Callam is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Callam. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Callam ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #490 in 2004.
Across the UK
Callam in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#490 in 2004
2 years of NRS records, 7 total registered
Related
Names similar to Callam
- Charlie 104,761
- Callum 65,796
- Connor 53,072
- Cameron 40,394
- Charles 33,091
- Christopher 26,849
- Caleb 15,553
- Corey 12,622
- Carter 11,505
- Cody 11,075
- Conor 10,298
- Christian 9,695
FAQ
Callam: questions and answers
How popular is the name Callam in the UK right now?
In 2013, Callam was ranked #3822 for boys in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Callam most popular?
The peak year on record was 1997, with 71 babies registered as Callam in England and Wales.
How many people are called Callam in the UK?
A total of 431 babies have been registered as Callam across the 18 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 7 more in Scotland.
Where is Callam most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Callam ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #490 in 2004. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.