Recorded 1983–2020 Boys' name Peak 2002 515 births

Calib — boys' name

515 babies named Calib in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s281990s1532000s2292010s1002020s5
2000s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Calib was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

30 babies were named Calib in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Calib

The Social Security Administration has registered 515 babies named Calib between 1983 and 2020, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Calib currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Calib performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 229 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Calib shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Calib in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Calib 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 515 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.

Calib at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

515

Since 1983

38 years of records

Peak year

2002

30 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1983

Recorded for 38 years

Last year on file: 2020

Calib popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1983

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2002)
30
Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
010203040 20202015201020052000199519901983 5

Calib by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
229 births that decade — 44% of Calib's all-time total
1980s281990s1532000s2292010s1002020s5

Calib by state

Where Calib concentrates geographically — total births since 1983

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Calib
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Louisiana
5 1.0%
Louisiana share of Calib's total US births 1.0%

5 of 515 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Calib?
515 babies have been named Calib since 1983. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2002 with 30 births.
When was Calib most popular?
Calib was most popular in the 2000s decade with 229 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Calib most popular?
The top states for the name Calib are Louisiana (5 births).
How long has the name Calib been used?
Calib has been recorded in Social Security data since 1983, spanning 38 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Calib?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Caleb, Calvin, Callum, Callan, 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, 1983–2020 (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.