Recorded 1996–2020 Boys' name Peak 2009 237 births

Caileb — boys' name

237 babies named Caileb in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s242000s1222010s862020s5
2000s
Peak decade

51% of everyone ever named Caileb was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

18 babies were named Caileb in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Caileb

The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Caileb between 1996 and 2020, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Caileb currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caileb performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Caileb shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Caileb in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caileb in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 237 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Caileb at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

237

Since 1996

25 years of records

Peak year

2009

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1996

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2020

Caileb popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1996

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2009)
18
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
05101520 202020162013201020072004200119981996 6

Caileb by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
122 births that decade — 51% of Caileb's all-time total
1990s242000s1222010s862020s5

Caileb by state

Where Caileb concentrates geographically — total births since 1996

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Caileb
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 2.1%
Texas share of Caileb's total US births 2.1%

5 of 237 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Caileb?
237 babies have been named Caileb since 1996. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2009 with 18 births.
When was Caileb most popular?
Caileb was most popular in the 2000s decade with 122 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Caileb most popular?
The top states for the name Caileb are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Caileb been used?
Caileb has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 25 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Caileb?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Caiden, Cairo, Cain, Caius, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.