Kaleb
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #15,902 · #295 for boys in 2025, 1,143 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2009 · 3,787 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 86,649since 1970
Kaleb over time
Rank among boys' names. Kaleb has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | #295 | 1,143 | |
| 2024 | — | #279 | 1,225 | |
| 2023 | — | #271 | 1,241 | |
| 2022 | — | #259 | 1,343 | |
| 2021 | — | #243 | 1,455 | |
| 2020 | — | #231 | 1,614 | |
| 2019 | — | #213 | 1,789 | |
| 2018 | — | #207 | 1,927 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #184 | 2,116 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #176 | 2,261 |
| 2015 | — | #164 | 2,535 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #146 | 2,770 |
| 2013 | — | #137 | 2,871 | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #126 | 2,997 |
| 2011 | — | #116 | 3,344 | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #118 | 3,429 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #108 | 3,787 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #115 | 3,710 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #113 | 3,819 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #115 | 3,704 |
| 2005 | — | #121 | 3,392 | |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | #120 | 3,421 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #118 | 3,403 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #111 | 3,446 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 | #116 | 3,336 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #141 | 2,743 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #159 | 2,332 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #156 | 2,194 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #185 | 1,793 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #186 | 1,717 |
| 1995 | — | #206 | 1,435 | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | #219 | 1,329 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #237 | 1,224 |
| 1992 | — | #280 | 1,022 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #265 | 1,023 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #304 | 835 |
| 1989 | — | #345 | 668 | |
| 1988 | — | #446 | 407 | |
| 1987 | — | #483 | 334 | |
| 1986 | — | #613 | 212 | |
| 1985 | — | #621 | 199 | |
| 1984 | — | #725 | 144 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #655 | 170 |
| 1982 | — | #692 | 157 | |
| 1981 | — | #772 | 127 | |
| 1980 | — | #804 | 119 | |
| 1979 | — | #875 | 99 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,051 | 69 | |
| 1977 | — | #954 | 80 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,267 | 48 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,505 | 35 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kaleb! It came in at #4,230, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Kaleb is popular in 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#77 · 1 in 277
- Hawaii#80 · 1 in 265
- Georgia#90 · 1 in 359
- Vermont#91 · 1 in 242
- Wyoming#96 · 1 in 252
Best ever in a state: #29 in Mississippi, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #77 | 50 | 1 in 277 |
| Hawaii | #80 | 17 | 1 in 265 |
| Georgia | #90 | 153 | 1 in 359 |
| Vermont | #91 | 7 | 1 in 242 |
| Wyoming | #96 | 8 | 1 in 252 |
| Louisiana | #106 | 61 | 1 in 418 |
| Alabama | #107 | 54 | 1 in 429 |
| North Carolina | #125 | 102 | 1 in 510 |
| Rhode Island | #126 | 9 | 1 in 427 |
| Connecticut | #130 | 28 | 1 in 515 |
| Kentucky | #131 | 45 | 1 in 489 |
| Maine | #132 | 11 | 1 in 422 |
| Florida | #135 | 166 | 1 in 592 |
| Nevada | #135 | 28 | 1 in 485 |
| South Carolina | #136 | 40 | 1 in 538 |
| Virginia | #141 | 71 | 1 in 597 |
| Oklahoma | #142 | 40 | 1 in 519 |
| Michigan | #144 | 81 | 1 in 590 |
| Pennsylvania | #148 | 95 | 1 in 630 |
| Missouri | #153 | 53 | 1 in 596 |
| Wisconsin | #153 | 44 | 1 in 619 |
| West Virginia | #154 | 15 | 1 in 545 |
| North Dakota | #160 | 9 | 1 in 473 |
| Illinois | #166 | 98 | 1 in 677 |
| Maryland | #166 | 40 | 1 in 695 |
| Texas | #168 | 266 | 1 in 707 |
| New Hampshire | #169 | 7 | 1 in 656 |
| Tennessee | #169 | 53 | 1 in 689 |
| Iowa | #173 | 25 | 1 in 631 |
| Arkansas | #175 | 24 | 1 in 610 |
| Massachusetts | #178 | 38 | 1 in 778 |
| Ohio | #178 | 81 | 1 in 744 |
| Washington | #179 | 52 | 1 in 707 |
| District of Columbia | #185 | 7 | 1 in 625 |
| Minnesota | #185 | 38 | 1 in 747 |
| New Mexico | #189 | 13 | 1 in 682 |
| Oregon | #189 | 25 | 1 in 725 |
| Arizona | #198 | 48 | 1 in 770 |
| New Jersey | #199 | 47 | 1 in 885 |
| Montana | #204 | 6 | 1 in 670 |
| Kansas | #210 | 20 | 1 in 791 |
| California | #214 | 235 | 1 in 963 |
| Colorado | #214 | 34 | 1 in 814 |
| South Dakota | #217 | 6 | 1 in 699 |
| Alaska | #219 | 5 | 1 in 682 |
| New York | #225 | 94 | 1 in 1,094 |
| Nebraska | #230 | 12 | 1 in 842 |
| Indiana | #232 | 38 | 1 in 951 |
| Utah | #236 | 23 | 1 in 924 |
| Idaho | #238 | 10 | 1 in 795 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kaleb
- 16 spots since 2024 (#279 → #295)
- 64 spots since 2020 (#231 → #295)
- 131 spots since 2015 (#164 → #295)
- Biggest jump: 313 spots in 1977 (#1,267 → #954)
- Biggest drop: 97 spots in 1978 (#954 → #1,051)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2009 at #108 (3,787 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1979–2025
- Highest: 1 in 524 boys born in 2009 were named Kaleb (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,494 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
- 40.1% of all boys named Kaleb (34,761) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 387 | #875 (1979) | #2,264 |
| 1980s | 2,537 | #345 (1989) | #616 |
| 1990s | 14,904 | #156 (1998) | #220 |
| 2000s | 34,761 | #108 (2009) | #118 |
| 2010s | 26,039 | #116 (2011) | #159 |
| 2020s | 8,021 | #231 (2020) | #263 |
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.
Kaleb in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 756 of them was named Kaleb, which outranked 98.8% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).