Caleb — #49 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Caleb

The Social Security Administration has registered 319,054 babies named Caleb between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Caleb currently holds the #49 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 11,665 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caleb performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 110,080 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Caleb shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 30,220 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Caleb in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caleb 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 319,054 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.