Meaning not yet researched.
Caleb: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5,217 in 2025. Its best rank was #31 in 2009.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #31 in 2009; #58 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Caleb in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#58 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2009, at #31.
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Caleb: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5,217 boys in 2025. Peak: #31 in 2009 · most boys in one year: 11,665 (2002).
In 2025, 5,217 US boys were named Caleb, making it the 58th most common boys’ name of the year, down 9 places from #49 in 2024. That is 578 fewer than the 5,795 boys named Caleb in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #31, reached in 2009. The most boys given the name in a single year was 11,665, in 2002. For comparison, it was #37 in 2015 and #1,205 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Caleb in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 27 babies with the name. In all, 325,003 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 110,303 babies named Caleb.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 62,452 US boys were named Caleb; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 7,982. In 2025 that was about 1 in 327 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Caleb ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #27 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 42 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Kaleb (86,851 babies since 1880), Cale (8,291 babies since 1880), Cal (7,868 babies since 1880) and Kayleb (2,432 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kaileb, Calob and Kalub are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Cal.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Kaileb (788), Calob (733), Kalub (675), Kaeleb (635), Calib (515), Caeleb (463), Kalab (463), Calab (360), Kaleab (244), Caileb (237), Kalieb (199), Kalyb (175), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 126 | #27 | #15 |
| District of Columbia | 18 | #39 | #35 |
| Florida | 418 | #39 | #29 |
| Virginia | 155 | #43 | #30 |
| Washington | 130 | #45 | #32 |
| Connecticut | 64 | #48 | #38 |
| Hawaii | 16 | #49 | #10 |
| California | 678 | #50 | #48 |
| Oregon | 61 | #52 | #43 |
| Texas | 610 | #52 | #43 |
| New Jersey | 171 | #52 | #44 |
| Rhode Island | 17 | #53 | #32 |
| Wisconsin | 91 | #53 | #26 |
| Pennsylvania | 211 | #54 | #37 |
| Illinois | 176 | #55 | #39 |
| New York | 293 | #56 | #46 |
| North Carolina | 183 | #57 | #33 |
| South Carolina | 77 | #59 | #28 |
| Massachusetts | 104 | #60 | #48 |
| Georgia | 165 | #61 | #30 |
| Colorado | 94 | #61 | #39 |
| Utah | 69 | #63 | #41 |
| Arizona | 112 | #63 | #47 |
| Alaska | 11 | #65 | #30 |
| Minnesota | 86 | #66 | #28 |
| Alabama | 67 | #70 | #31 |
| North Dakota | 15 | #72 | #17 |
| Tennessee | 106 | #77 | #35 |
| Ohio | 148 | #77 | #30 |
| Delaware | 13 | #77 | #35 |
| Michigan | 110 | #81 | #33 |
| New Hampshire | 19 | #81 | #23 |
| Kentucky | 59 | #82 | #50 |
| Indiana | 86 | #87 | #44 |
| South Dakota | 14 | #87 | #34 |
| Arkansas | 36 | #88 | #41 |
| Oklahoma | 46 | #91 | #41 |
| Kansas | 39 | #92 | #49 |
| Nevada | 32 | #93 | #49 |
| Idaho | 25 | #98 | #53 |
| Nebraska | 25 | #100 | #84 |
| Iowa | 37 | #100 | #56 |
| Maine | 13 | #103 | #53 |
| New Mexico | 18 | #107 | #37 |
| Louisiana | 47 | #107 | #46 |
| Mississippi | 28 | #110 | #33 |
| Missouri | 63 | #111 | #56 |
| Montana | 11 | #112 | #39 |
| West Virginia | 15 | #132 | #32 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 5,217 | #58 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,431 | 5,795 | #49 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,371 | 5,533 | #51 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,632 | 5,778 | #52 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,448 | 5,964 | #51 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,773 | 5,616 | #56 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,223 | 6,416 | #51 |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,143 | 6,997 | #45 |
| 2017 | 10 | #10,107 | 7,154 | #50 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,050 | 7,982 | #44 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,598 | 8,826 | #37 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,139 | 9,245 | #35 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,457 | 9,612 | #32 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,891 | 9,977 | #32 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,352 | 10,040 | #32 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,969 | 10,485 | #32 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,994 | 11,001 | #31 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,945 | 10,579 | #34 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,969 | 10,954 | #36 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,736 | 11,001 | #34 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,137 | 10,894 | #35 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,718 | 11,307 | #33 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,267 | 11,643 | #34 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,940 | 11,665 | #35 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,467 | 11,177 | #37 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,743 | 9,866 | #38 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,895 | 9,281 | #41 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,657 | 9,028 | #42 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,847 | 7,775 | #47 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,573 | 7,550 | #48 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,124 | 6,655 | #54 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,180 | 6,161 | #60 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,452 | 5,788 | #66 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,588 | 5,042 | #74 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,027 | 4,864 | #78 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,376 | 4,154 | #88 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,581 | 3,788 | #91 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,643 | 2,817 | #108 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,882 | 2,502 | #115 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,804 | 2,097 | #131 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,400 | 2,083 | #136 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,181 | 1,650 | #163 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,868 | 1,716 | #159 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,973 | 1,583 | #170 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,227 | 1,428 | #175 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,504 | 980 | #235 |
| 1979 | — | — | 860 | #247 |
| 1978 | — | — | 702 | #275 |
| 1977 | — | — | 712 | #274 |
| 1976 | — | — | 525 | #330 |
| 1975 | — | — | 415 | #381 |
| 1974 | — | — | 301 | #460 |
| 1973 | — | — | 185 | #584 |
| 1972 | — | — | 114 | #740 |
| 1971 | — | — | 104 | #790 |
| 1970 | — | — | 94 | #832 |
| 1969 | — | — | 77 | #873 |
| 1968 | — | — | 61 | #932 |
| 1967 | — | — | 36 | #1,256 |
| 1966 | — | — | 63 | #917 |
| 1965 | — | — | 41 | #1,193 |
| 1964 | — | — | 58 | #990 |
| 1963 | — | — | 47 | #1,124 |
| 1962 | — | — | 46 | #1,138 |
| 1961 | — | — | 39 | #1,265 |
| 1960 | — | — | 50 | #1,100 |
| 1959 | — | — | 45 | #1,158 |
| 1958 | — | — | 55 | #1,029 |
| 1957 | — | — | 45 | #1,152 |
| 1956 | — | — | 48 | #1,094 |
| 1955 | — | — | 40 | #1,185 |
| 1954 | — | — | 33 | #1,313 |
| 1953 | — | — | 36 | #1,245 |
| 1952 | — | — | 39 | #1,183 |
| 1951 | — | — | 39 | #1,155 |
| 1950 | — | — | 36 | #1,205 |
| 1949 | — | — | 31 | #1,300 |
| 1948 | — | — | 38 | #1,161 |
| 1947 | — | — | 44 | #1,096 |
| 1946 | — | — | 32 | #1,240 |
| 1945 | — | — | 19 | #1,541 |
| 1944 | — | — | 25 | #1,337 |
| 1943 | — | — | 32 | #1,220 |
| 1942 | — | — | 28 | #1,318 |
| 1941 | — | — | 33 | #1,156 |
| 1940 | — | — | 30 | #1,229 |
| 1939 | — | — | 30 | #1,200 |
| 1938 | — | — | 37 | #1,065 |
| 1937 | — | — | 27 | #1,289 |
| 1936 | — | — | 29 | #1,227 |
| 1935 | — | — | 28 | #1,274 |
| 1934 | — | — | 39 | #1,041 |
| 1933 | — | — | 37 | #1,082 |
| 1932 | — | — | 43 | #1,006 |
| 1931 | — | — | 25 | #1,397 |
| 1930 | — | — | 21 | #1,608 |
| 1929 | — | — | 29 | #1,315 |
| 1928 | — | — | 26 | #1,453 |
| 1927 | — | — | 43 | #1,083 |
| 1926 | — | — | 39 | #1,146 |
| 1925 | — | — | 56 | #904 |
| 1924 | — | — | 44 | #1,073 |
| 1923 | — | — | 37 | #1,178 |
| 1922 | — | — | 52 | #979 |
| 1921 | — | — | 38 | #1,164 |
| 1920 | — | — | 52 | #960 |
| 1919 | — | — | 34 | #1,208 |
| 1918 | — | — | 49 | #949 |
| 1917 | — | — | 46 | #948 |
| 1916 | — | — | 39 | #1,031 |
| 1915 | — | — | 39 | #1,018 |
| 1914 | — | — | 36 | #909 |
| 1913 | — | — | 24 | #1,026 |
| 1912 | — | — | 20 | #1,028 |
| 1911 | — | — | 15 | #865 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #787 |
| 1909 | — | — | 14 | #763 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,031 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #879 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #648 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #847 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #768 |
| 1903 | — | — | 11 | #704 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #695 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #787 |
| 1900 | — | — | 11 | #794 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #871 |
| 1898 | — | — | 7 | #900 |
| 1897 | — | — | 9 | #734 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #601 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #696 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #973 |
| 1893 | — | — | 11 | #621 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #646 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #778 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #754 |
| 1889 | — | — | 19 | #416 |
| 1888 | — | — | 17 | #466 |
| 1887 | — | — | 13 | #493 |
| 1886 | — | — | 14 | #492 |
| 1885 | — | — | 16 | #465 |
| 1884 | — | — | 17 | #454 |
| 1883 | — | — | 16 | #449 |
| 1882 | — | — | 25 | #356 |
| 1881 | — | — | 18 | #397 |
| 1880 | — | — | 27 | #327 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).