Boys' name · since 2009
Kalleb
Kalleb has 37 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,310 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
37 boys have been named Kalleb since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kalleb has 37 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2020.
- #24,310 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 37 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalleb ranks #24,310 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,310 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kalleb's 37 recorded births place it above 46.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalleb's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kalleb's full recorded timeline at 2015, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kalleb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2020
- Peak year (2013)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Kalleb by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (26 births, 70% of the file).
2010s was Kalleb's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 70% of all-time use.
Kalleb births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 26 births (70% of all-time use).
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- Kalleb's decade-level peak was the 2010s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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 Kalleb: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2009–2020 (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 Kalleb 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.