Boys' name · since 1998
Calyb
64 babies named Calyb in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,407 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 64
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
64 boys have been named Calyb since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Calyb has 64 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2010.
- #20,407 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 64 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calyb ranks #20,407 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,407 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 64
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Calyb's 64 recorded births place it above 54.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Calyb's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Calyb's full recorded timeline at 2006, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Calyb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2010
- Peak year (2005)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Calyb by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (48 births, 75% of the file).
2000s was Calyb's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Calyb births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 48 births (75% of all-time use).
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- Calyb's decade-level peak was the 2000s (48 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Calyb: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~12 yrs)
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, 1998–2010 (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 Calyb 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.