Caldwell — #6187 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Caldwell

The Social Security Administration has registered 621 babies named Caldwell between 1906 and 2024, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Caldwell currently holds the #6187 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caldwell performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Caldwell shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Caldwell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caldwell 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 621 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.