Caleb Boy
How popular is Caleb?
#58 boy name in 2025
5,217 baby boys were named Caleb in the US in 2025, making it the 58th most popular boy name.
Caleb popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #58 for boys (▼ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 5,217 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #37 in 2015, #56 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2002 (11,665 boys) |
| Highest rank | #31 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Caleb counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Caleb family of names ranked #48 for boys in 2025 (#40 the year before), with 6,411 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Caleb | 5,217 | 81% |
| Kaleb | 1,143 | 18% |
| Kayleb | 31 | 0% |
| Cayleb | 9 | 0% |
| Kaileb | 6 | 0% |
| Calebe | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Caleb is most popular
Babies named Caleb per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 6.9 per 1,000 (105 boys)
- Rhode Island: 6.6 per 1,000 (107 boys)
- Hawaii: 6.1 per 1,000 (94 boys)
- Maryland: 6.0 per 1,000 (721 boys)
- Connecticut: 5.9 per 1,000 (401 boys)
Caleb by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 182 | #325 |
| 1890s | 89 | #592 |
| 1900s | 106 | #640 |
| 1910s | 317 | #782 |
| 1920s | 416 | #900 |
| 1930s | 316 | #1,004 |
| 1940s | 312 | #1,092 |
| 1950s | 416 | #1,025 |
| 1960s | 518 | #873 |
| 1970s | 4,012 | #247 |
| 1980s | 20,644 | #91 |
| 1990s | 66,298 | #41 |
| 2000s | 110,087 | #31 |
| 2010s | 86,734 | #32 |
| 2020s | 33,903 | #49 |
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Questions
- Is Caleb a boy or girl name?
- Caleb is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Caleb were boys.
- How popular is the name Caleb?
- 5,217 baby boys were named Caleb in the US in 2025, making it the 58th most popular boy name.
- When was Caleb most popular?
- Caleb peaked in 2002, when 11,665 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #31 in 2009.
- How many people are named Caleb?
- 325,003 babies have been named Caleb in the US since 1880. We estimate about 317,562 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Caleb most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Caleb was most common in Delaware, at 6.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.