Boys' name · since 2018
Caledon
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 71 babies named Caledon, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,697 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,595 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 71
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Caledon is the #9595 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 71 recorded since 2018.
Caledon has 71 recorded births among boys since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9595 as of the latest data, more common than 31% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #19,697 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,595 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 71 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caledon ranks #19,697 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,595 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 71 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,697 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,595 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 71
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Caledon's 71 recorded births place it above 56.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Caledon compares
71 21st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Caledon's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caledon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 71 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Caledon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Caledon's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Caledon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Caledon by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (66 births, 93% of the file).
2020s was Caledon's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 93% of all-time use.
Caledon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
66 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 66 births (93% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2018–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Caledon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.