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
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 11,001 births
- Debut · boys
- 27 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 37 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 324,350since 1880
Caleb over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #58 | 5,217 | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #49 | 5,795 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #51 | 5,533 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #52 | 5,778 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #51 | 5,964 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #56 | 5,616 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #51 | 6,416 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #45 | 6,997 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | #50 | 7,154 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #44 | 7,982 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #37 | 8,826 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #35 | 9,245 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #32 | 9,612 |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | #32 | 9,977 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #32 | 10,040 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | #32 | 10,485 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | #31 | 11,001 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #34 | 10,579 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #36 | 10,954 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #34 | 11,001 |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 | #35 | 10,894 |
| 2004 | #2,711 | 60 | #33 | 11,307 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | #34 | 11,643 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #35 | 11,665 |
| 2001 | #4,447 | 27 | #37 | 11,177 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | #38 | 9,866 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | #41 | 9,281 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | #42 | 9,028 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #47 | 7,775 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | #48 | 7,550 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #54 | 6,655 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #60 | 6,161 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #66 | 5,788 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #74 | 5,042 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #78 | 4,864 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #88 | 4,154 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #91 | 3,788 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #108 | 2,817 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | #115 | 2,502 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #131 | 2,097 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #136 | 2,083 |
| 1984 | #4,166 | 18 | #163 | 1,650 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #159 | 1,716 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | #170 | 1,583 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #175 | 1,428 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #235 | 980 |
| 1979 | — | #247 | 860 | |
| 1978 | — | #275 | 702 | |
| 1977 | — | #274 | 712 | |
| 1976 | — | #330 | 525 | |
| 1975 | — | #381 | 415 | |
| 1974 | — | #460 | 301 | |
| 1973 | — | #584 | 185 | |
| 1972 | — | #740 | 114 | |
| 1971 | — | #789 | 104 | |
| 1970 | — | #832 | 94 | |
| 1969 | — | #873 | 77 | |
| 1968 | — | #930 | 61 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,253 | 36 | |
| 1966 | — | #916 | 63 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,189 | 41 | |
| 1964 | — | #989 | 58 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,121 | 47 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,137 | 46 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,262 | 39 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,098 | 50 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,156 | 45 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,026 | 55 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,151 | 45 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,092 | 48 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,181 | 40 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,311 | 33 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,245 | 36 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,182 | 39 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,150 | 39 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,203 | 36 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,297 | 31 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,160 | 38 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,093 | 44 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,236 | 32 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,328 | 25 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,214 | 32 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,316 | 28 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,152 | 33 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,227 | 30 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,194 | 30 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,062 | 37 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,225 | 29 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,273 | 28 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,038 | 39 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,078 | 37 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,004 | 43 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,394 | 25 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,602 | 21 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,312 | 29 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,448 | 26 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,080 | 43 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,144 | 39 | |
| 1925 | — | #900 | 56 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,071 | 44 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,177 | 37 | |
| 1922 | — | #977 | 52 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,159 | 38 | |
| 1920 | — | #960 | 52 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,207 | 34 | |
| 1918 | — | #949 | 49 | |
| 1917 | — | #946 | 46 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,028 | 39 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,015 | 39 | |
| 1914 | — | #907 | 36 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,023 | 24 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,023 | 20 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #760 | 10 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #687 | 11 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #885 | 7 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #592 | 13 | |
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #615 | 11 | |
| 1892 | — | #641 | 11 | |
| 1891 | — | #766 | 7 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | — | #464 | 17 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #491 | 14 | |
| 1885 | — | #462 | 16 | |
| 1884 | — | #450 | 17 | |
| 1883 | — | #448 | 16 | |
| 1882 | — | #355 | 25 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #325 | 27 | |
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.
See more about Caleb
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2009 at #31 (11,001 births)
- Births halved by 2025, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 37 yrs · run 1989–2025
- Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1968–2025
- 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
- 33.9% of all boys named Caleb (110,087) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 182 | #325 (1880) | #429 |
| 1890s | 89 | #592 (1896) | #746 |
| 1900s | 106 | #640 (1906) | #783 |
| 1910s | 317 | #782 (1910) | #974 |
| 1920s | 416 | #900 (1925) | #1,123 |
| 1930s | 316 | #1,004 (1932) | #1,216 |
| 1940s | 312 | #1,093 (1947) | #1,256 |
| 1950s | 416 | #1,026 (1958) | #1,170 |
| 1960s | 518 | #873 (1969) | #1,077 |
| 1970s | 4,012 | #247 (1979) | #491 |
| 1980s | 20,644 | #91 (1989) | #148 |
| 1990s | 66,298 | #41 (1999) | #60 |
| 2000s | 110,087 | #31 (2009) | #35 |
| 2010s | 86,734 | #32 (2010) | #39 |
| 2020s | 33,903 | #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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 108,665 of them was named Caleb, which outranked 63.4% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,660Velia17
- #4,660Winifred17
- #4,660Zaira17
- #4,857Caleb16
- #4,857Abena16
- #4,857Adrain16
- #4,857Adrielle16
- #5,074Adelita15
- #5,074Adia15
- #5,074Alessia15
Tied with 216 names at #4,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 746 of them was named Caleb, which outranked 98.6% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.