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.
Where Caleb is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#484 · 1 in 14,321
Best ever in a state: #4 in Arkansas, 2002.
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| Pennsylvania | #484 | 5 | 1 in 14,321 |
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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 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 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 35,766 of them was named Caleb, which outranked 69.7% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,205Ruel30
- #1,205Teddie30
- #1,205Valentin30
- #1,225Caleb29
- #1,225Almon29
- #1,225Benson29
- #1,225Carmelo29
- #1,243Alec28
- #1,243Armond28
- #1,243Arne28
Tied with 17 names at #1,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.