Caliber — #6365 US boys' name
247 babies named Caliber in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Caliber was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Caliber in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caliber
The Social Security Administration has registered 247 babies named Caliber between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Caliber currently holds the #6365 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Caliber is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 2016.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caliber performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Caliber shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Caliber in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caliber 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 247 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.
Caliber at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Caliber popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2016)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #6365 among boys.
247 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 26 births in a single year.
Caliber popularity over time — girls
17 total births recorded since 2016 (Caliber as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Caliber accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Caliber by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 136 births that decade — 55% of Caliber's all-time total
Caliber decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Caliber's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Caliber by state
Where Caliber concentrates geographically — total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Oklahoma | | 6 | 2.4% |
6 of 247 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Oklahoma 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Oklahoma accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2004–2024 (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.