Kaleb

Where Kaleb comes from

From Hebrew כלב (“dog”), possibly referring to a dog’s unconditional devotion to its master.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kaleb
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,230 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Kaleb Canales born
    American basketball coach
  3. 1993
    Kaleb Tarczewski born
    American basketball player
  4. 2009
    Peak, #108
    3,787 babies named Kaleb — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #213.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew, a less common modern spelling variant of Caleb.
Namesakes
  • Kaleb Tarczewski · American basketball player, born 1993
  • Kaleb Canales · American basketball coach, born 1978
  • Kaleb McGary · American football player, born 1995
  • Kaleb Wesson · American basketball player, born 1999
  • Kaleb Cowart · American baseball player, born 1992

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.