Kalem is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2017 and has grown less common since.
Kalem is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,581 for boy births in the United States (and #17,791 across all names), given to 9 babies. Kalem was first reported in SSA data in 1974 and peaked in 2017 (38 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | #8,581 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | #6,637 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | #5,162 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | #4,043 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | #4,437 |
| 2020 | 30 | 30 | #3,615 |
| 2019 | 33 | 33 | #3,458 |
| 2018 | 27 | 27 | #3,940 |
| 2017 | 38 | 38 | #3,100 |
| 2016 | 29 | 29 | #3,732 |
| 2015 | 30 | 30 | #3,636 |
| 2014 | 35 | 35 | #3,183 |
| 2013 | 29 | 29 | #3,620 |
| 2012 | 24 | 24 | #4,201 |
| 2011 | 19 | 19 | #4,906 |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | #4,440 |
| 2009 | 34 | 34 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 28 | 28 | #3,787 |
| 2007 | 21 | 21 | #4,573 |
| 2006 | 23 | 23 | #4,160 |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | #5,732 |
| 2004 | 17 | 17 | #4,893 |
| 2003 | 22 | 22 | #3,906 |
| 2002 | 23 | 23 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | #5,851 |
| 2000 | 15 | 15 | #4,916 |
| 1999 | 20 | 20 | #3,768 |
| 1998 | 23 | 23 | #3,346 |
| 1997 | 25 | — | #3,028 |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #4,098 |
| 1995 | 17 | — | #3,768 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | #5,274 |
| 1993 | 18 | — | #3,575 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | #5,442 |
| 1991 | 24 | — | #2,786 |
| 1990 | 20 | — | #3,120 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | #2,737 |
| 1988 | 19 | — | #2,912 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | #3,858 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | #4,300 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #3,511 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #4,068 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #5,193 |
| 1982 | 17 | — | #2,770 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #5,868 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #4,318 |
| 1979 | 8 | — | #4,627 |
| 1977 | 15 | — | #2,843 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #3,606 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #4,938 |