Boys' name · since 1988
Kalieb
Kalieb has 199 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,983 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 199
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
199 boys have been named Kalieb since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kalieb has 199 recorded births among boys since 1988, 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 1988 to 2014.
- #12,983 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 199 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalieb ranks #12,983 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 199 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,983 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 199
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kalieb's 199 recorded births place it above 71.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalieb's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kalieb's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kalieb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2014
- Peak year (2003)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kalieb by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (95 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Kalieb's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kalieb births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 95 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Kalieb's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 2010s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalieb: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
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, 1988–2014 (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 Kalieb 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.