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Caleb name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Caleb ranks #58 in male records (5,217 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Is Caleb becoming more popular?

Caleb's reported male count decreased by 578 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #49 to #58. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published female observation for Caleb. That is not a count of zero.

Caleb in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for CalebFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.7,9820201620252016: 9 female records2017: 10 female records2018: 5 female records2019: 13 female records2020: 6 female records2021: 9 female records2022: 12 female records2023: 8 female records2024: 9 female records2016: 7,982 male records2017: 7,154 male records2018: 6,997 male records2019: 6,416 male records2020: 5,616 male records2021: 5,964 male records2022: 5,778 male records2023: 5,533 male records2024: 5,795 male records2025: 5,217 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025——5,21758
2024910,4315,79549
2023811,3715,53351
2022128,6325,77852
2021910,4485,96451
2020613,7735,61656
2019138,2236,41651
2018516,1436,99745
20171010,1077,15450
2016911,0507,98244

Questions about Caleb’s popularity

How common is Caleb in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Caleb ranks #58 in male records (5,217 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Caleb?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Caleb only.

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