Caleb

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271 · #58 for boys in 2025, 5,217 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#31
2009 · 11,001 births
Debut · boys
1880
27 births
In top 100 · boys
37 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
324,350
since 1880

Caleb over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #31, 2009boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#585,217
2024#10,2719#495,795
2023#11,1698#515,533
2022#8,54212#525,778
2021#10,2929#515,964
2020#13,4536#565,616
2019#8,13813#516,416
2018#15,6825#456,997
2017#9,94310#507,154
2016#10,8599#447,982
2015#9,48111#378,826
2014#8,05314#359,245
2013#7,37216#329,612
2012#7,80415#329,977
2011#11,1819#3210,040
2010#6,90418#3210,485
2009#8,88813#3111,001
2008#10,80710#3410,579
2007#10,81810#3610,954
2006#10,61110#3411,001
2005#5,11325#3510,894
2004#2,71160#3311,307
2003#5,23523#3411,643
2002#5,89719#3511,665
2001#4,44727#3711,177
2000#5,70519#389,866
1999#4,87022#419,281
1998#4,63623#429,028
1997#7,74211#477,775
1996#5,53117#487,550
1995#7,04112#546,655
1994#7,09712#606,161
1993#5,41917#665,788
1992#7,51211#745,042
1991#6,97612#784,864
1990#7,30311#884,154
1989#5,54515#913,788
1988#5,59814#1082,817
1987#4,85716#1152,502
1986#5,75712#1312,097
1985#5,34813#1362,083
1984#4,16618#1631,650
1983#5,82411#1591,716
1982#5,91111#1701,583
1981#8,1287#1751,428
1980#7,4188#235980
1979—#247860
1978—#275702
1977—#274712
1976—#330525
1975—#381415
1974—#460301
1973—#584185
1972—#740114
1971—#789104
1970—#83294
1969—#87377
1968—#93061
1967—#1,25336
1966—#91663
1965—#1,18941
1964—#98958
1963—#1,12147
1962—#1,13746
1961—#1,26239
1960—#1,09850
1959—#1,15645
1958—#1,02655
1957—#1,15145
1956—#1,09248
1955—#1,18140
1954—#1,31133
1953—#1,24536
1952—#1,18239
1951—#1,15039
1950—#1,20336
1949—#1,29731
1948—#1,16038
1947—#1,09344
1946—#1,23632
1945—#1,53619
1944—#1,32825
1943—#1,21432
1942—#1,31628
1941—#1,15233
1940—#1,22730
1939—#1,19430
1938—#1,06237
1937—#1,28827
1936—#1,22529
1935—#1,27328
1934—#1,03839
1933—#1,07837
1932—#1,00443
1931—#1,39425
1930—#1,60221
1929—#1,31229
1928—#1,44826
1927—#1,08043
1926—#1,14439
1925—#90056
1924—#1,07144
1923—#1,17737
1922—#97752
1921—#1,15938
1920—#96052
1919—#1,20734
1918—#94949
1917—#94646
1916—#1,02839
1915—#1,01539
1914—#90736
1913—#1,02324
1912—#1,02320
1911—#85615
1910—#78215
1909—#75614
1908—#1,0218
1907—#86610
1906—#64014
1905—#8369
1904—#76010
1903—#69611
1902—#68711
1901—#7798
1900—#78511
1899—#8577
1898—#8857
1897—#7259
1896—#59213
1895—#68510
1894—#9546
1893—#61511
1892—#64111
1891—#7667
1890—#7398
1889—#41519
1888—#46417
1887—#48813
1886—#49114
1885—#46216
1884—#45017
1883—#44816
1882—#35525
1881—#39518
1880—#32527
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Caleb was already there! It came in at #325, and was given to 27 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1894, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#49 → #58)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#56 → #58)
  • 21 spots since 2015 (#37 → #58)
  • Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1968 (#1,253 → #930)
  • Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1894 (#615 → #954)
Rise & fade · boys
129 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2009 at #31 (11,001 births)
  • Births halved by 2025, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 37 yrs · run 1989–2025
  • Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1968–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 166
  • Highest: 1 in 166 boys born in 2002 were named Caleb (0.60%)
  • Latest: 1 in 327 boys born in 2025 (0.31%)
  • Its best rank, #31 in 2009, was only 1 in 180 (0.55%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 33.9% of all boys named Caleb (110,087) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s182#325 (1880)#429
1890s89#592 (1896)#746
1900s106#640 (1906)#783
1910s317#782 (1910)#974
1920s416#900 (1925)#1,123
1930s316#1,004 (1932)#1,216
1940s312#1,093 (1947)#1,256
1950s416#1,026 (1958)#1,170
1960s518#873 (1969)#1,077
1970s4,012#247 (1979)#491
1980s20,644#91 (1989)#148
1990s66,298#41 (1999)#60
2000s110,087#31 (2009)#35
2010s86,734#32 (2010)#39
2020s33,903#49 (2024)#53

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Caleb in 1947

boys
#1,093
44 births · 1 in 41,582 boys

Top boys' names in 1947

  1. #1James94,767
  2. #2Robert91,655
  3. #3John88,324
  4. #4William67,002
  5. #5Richard58,532
  6. #6David57,810
  7. #7Michael50,506
  8. #8Thomas44,842
  9. #9Charles40,781
  10. #10Larry34,946
  11. #1,093Caleb44
More about 1947

boys

1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 41,582 of them was named Caleb, which outranked 74.4% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Caleb
  1. #1,081Lawrance45
  2. #1,081Trent45
  3. #1,081Willam45
  4. #1,093Caleb44
  5. #1,093Benson44
  6. #1,093Burnell44
  7. #1,093Cal44
  8. #1,108Adolphus43
  9. #1,108Brice43
  10. #1,108Chauncey43

Tied with 14 names at #1,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,271Brock#2,271 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 586Shawn#1,509 → #923
  3. ↑ 500Jed#1,475 → #975
  4. ↑ 358Jody#935 → #577
  5. ↑ 355Deryl#1,355 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Hurley#952 → #1,449
  2. ↓ 393Prentice#878 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 362Darvin#935 → #1,297
  4. ↓ 310Lary#826 → #1,136
  5. ↓ 303Judith#856 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1947 →