Calem
#7,881 most common boys' name of all time · #19,811 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2025
Rank among boys
#7,881
Rank overall
#19,811 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
437
Since 2016
126
Peak year
2009 #4,662
Best rank
#4,662 2009
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Calem first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,930 |
| 2024 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,403 |
| 2023 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,146 |
| 2022 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,294 |
| 2021 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,838 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,993 |
| 2019 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,671 |
| 2018 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,319 |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,380 |
| 2016 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,878 |
| 2015 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,448 |
| 2014 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,587 |
| 2013 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,764 |
| 2012 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,369 |
| 2011 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2010 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,869 |
| 2009 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,662 |
| 2008 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,615 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,454 |
| 2006 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,665 |
| 2005 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,942 |
| 2004 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,661 |
| 2003 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,708 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,813 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,846 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,553 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,220 |
| 1998 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,150 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,659 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,599 |
| 1995 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,709 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,251 |
| 1993 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,623 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,925 |
| 1991 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,284 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,544 |
| 1988 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,941 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,305 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,972 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,678 |