Boys' name · since 1998
Kaleab
Kaleab has 244 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,823 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 244
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaleab sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 244 recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaleab has been recorded 244 times among boys since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 1998 to 2024.
- #11,823 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 244 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaleab ranks #11,823 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 244 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,823 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 244
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kaleab's 244 recorded births place it above 73.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaleab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaleab's full recorded timeline at 2012, 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 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaleab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kaleab by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (125 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Kaleab's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Kaleab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s
2010s
125 births
- 2020s 41
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 125 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Kaleab's decade-level peak was the 2010s (125 total births); usage has since declined to 41 in the 2020s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaleab: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1998–2024 (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 Kaleab 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.