Unisex name · since 2004
Caliber
Caliber has 256 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,511 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,662 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 256
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
256 babies have been named Caliber since 2004, making it today's #8662 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caliber has been recorded 256 times among boys since 2004, currently ranked #8662 nationally and more common than 38% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #11,511 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,662 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 256 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caliber ranks #11,511 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,662 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 256 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,511 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,662 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 256
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Caliber's 256 recorded births place it above 74.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Oklahoma.
How Caliber compares
256 42nd 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
Caliber's all-time total is 31% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caliber | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 256 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Caliber's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Caliber's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Caliber popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Caliber popularity over time - girls
17 total births recorded since 2016 (Caliber as girls' name)
Caliber by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (136 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Caliber's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Caliber births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 25
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
136 births
- 2020s
2020s
95 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 136 births (53% 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 | 2.3% |
6 of 256 births nationwide.
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What to do with Caliber's data
- Caliber's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (136 total births) through the 2020s (95) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Oklahoma records the most Calibers (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Oklahoma names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Caliber: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Caliber 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.