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 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#47 · 1 in 196
- Mississippi#58 · 1 in 242
- Wyoming#62 · 1 in 177
- Kentucky#62 · 1 in 225
- Arkansas#66 · 1 in 238
Best ever in a state: #29 in Mississippi, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #47 | 128 | 1 in 196 |
| Mississippi | #58 | 65 | 1 in 242 |
| Kentucky | #62 | 105 | 1 in 225 |
| Wyoming | #62 | 12 | 1 in 177 |
| Arkansas | #66 | 64 | 1 in 238 |
| Alabama | #72 | 87 | 1 in 289 |
| South Carolina | #72 | 72 | 1 in 319 |
| Oklahoma | #73 | 79 | 1 in 271 |
| Georgia | #78 | 183 | 1 in 334 |
| Montana | #79 | 17 | 1 in 248 |
| Iowa | #80 | 56 | 1 in 294 |
| Tennessee | #84 | 106 | 1 in 356 |
| Vermont | #86 | 8 | 1 in 242 |
| West Virginia | #87 | 32 | 1 in 271 |
| New Hampshire | #93 | 17 | 1 in 310 |
| Maine | #94 | 17 | 1 in 300 |
| Michigan | #95 | 132 | 1 in 389 |
| Hawaii | #96 | 16 | 1 in 313 |
| North Carolina | #96 | 138 | 1 in 404 |
| Indiana | #97 | 101 | 1 in 379 |
| Missouri | #100 | 86 | 1 in 401 |
| Nebraska | #100 | 29 | 1 in 356 |
| Wisconsin | #101 | 72 | 1 in 408 |
| Alaska | #102 | 11 | 1 in 319 |
| Florida | #102 | 223 | 1 in 451 |
| Delaware | #104 | 11 | 1 in 359 |
| Kansas | #107 | 42 | 1 in 403 |
| Ohio | #108 | 148 | 1 in 435 |
| Idaho | #110 | 26 | 1 in 354 |
| Oregon | #110 | 48 | 1 in 419 |
| Utah | #111 | 60 | 1 in 395 |
| Maryland | #119 | 60 | 1 in 498 |
| Texas | #123 | 391 | 1 in 484 |
| Virginia | #123 | 83 | 1 in 518 |
| South Dakota | #125 | 11 | 1 in 379 |
| Pennsylvania | #128 | 106 | 1 in 603 |
| Minnesota | #129 | 52 | 1 in 574 |
| Washington | #129 | 70 | 1 in 532 |
| Rhode Island | #135 | 9 | 1 in 500 |
| District of Columbia | #136 | 9 | 1 in 471 |
| Illinois | #137 | 126 | 1 in 593 |
| Arizona | #138 | 82 | 1 in 529 |
| Connecticut | #138 | 25 | 1 in 646 |
| Nevada | #140 | 30 | 1 in 503 |
| North Dakota | #140 | 8 | 1 in 436 |
| Massachusetts | #168 | 35 | 1 in 915 |
| Colorado | #179 | 40 | 1 in 742 |
| New Mexico | #180 | 16 | 1 in 697 |
| California | #210 | 255 | 1 in 997 |
| New York | #225 | 85 | 1 in 1,284 |
| New Jersey | #297 | 26 | 1 in 1,753 |
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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 236,367 of them was named Kaleb, which outranked 38.6% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,599Zyion9
- #11,599Zynasia9
- #11,599Zyrah9
- #12,579Kaleb8
- #12,579Aailyah8
- #12,579Aalana8
- #12,579Aaliyana8
- #13,832Aahna7
- #13,832Aala7
- #13,832Aaleah7
Tied with 1,252 names at #12,579; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 550 of them was named Kaleb, which outranked 99.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.