Kalem
36
Peak · 1997
2022
Last seen
25
Years on list
361
Total babies
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Kalem
Kalem is a rare UK boy's name. In 2024, fewer than three boys were registered with this name in England & Wales — the threshold below which the ONS suppresses counts to protect family privacy. It was last on the published list in 2022.
Kalem reached its peak in 1997, when 36 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #513 for UK boys that year. Since then, registrations have dropped below the ONS reporting threshold of three babies per year.
Across 25 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 361 boys have been officially registered with the name Kalem in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 39 boys were registered with the name, starting from 6 in 2014 and ending at 0 in 2024.