NameTides

Caleb

Caleb was the #58 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5,217 babies), and #82 in England & Wales and #37 in Canada.

Caleb as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Caleb as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandCanadaUSEngland & WalesIreland
Caleb as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#58 (5,217)#82 (624)#49 (91)#36 (51)#108 (52)#37 (557)——
2024#49 (5,795)#75 (713)#42 (101)#26 (60)#91 (61)#35 (582)#97 (87)#89 (87)
2023#51 (5,533)#72 (718)#34 (120)#20 (73)#142 (39)#35 (579)—#89 (76)
2022#52 (5,778)#74 (758)#42 (115)#23 (72)#120 (51)#33 (627)—#92 (74)
2021#51 (5,964)#76 (758)#30 (140)#26 (75)#121 (53)#35 (671)—#85 (87)
2020#56 (5,616)#85 (665)#49 (103)#30 (69)#132 (45)#34 (681)#91 (102)#76 (92)
2019#51 (6,416)#89 (693)#44 (115)#36 (67)#140 (43)#40 (643)—#89 (90)
2018#45 (6,997)#79 (776)#41 (138)#28 (78)#111 (59)#32 (756)#94 (94)#86 (77)
2017#50 (7,154)#77 (853)#37 (139)#21 (92)#142 (43)#36 (739)#91 (98)#74 (97)
2016#44 (7,982)#86 (810)#44 (141)#22 (92)#119 (57)#33 (805)#87 (111)#77 (84)
2015#37 (8,826)#99 (659)#51 (129)#25 (88)#130 (47)#35 (787)#86 (110)—
2014#35 (9,245)#93 (648)#65 (107)#34 (81)#164 (40)#35 (811)#81 (122)#74 (84)
2013#32 (9,612)#88 (679)#58 (116)#44 (65)#171 (38)#42 (736)#70 (151)#92 (75)
2012#32 (9,977)#85 (763)#62 (120)#35 (83)#122 (59)#34 (821)#85 (124)#76 (90)
2011#32 (10,040)#89 (709)#51 (148)#40 (75)#132 (53)#39 (773)#72 (144)#77 (89)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2002 at #35.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 330 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 330common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 440common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 220common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 160very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 460common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 290common

Next year

On its recent trend, Caleb is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 320 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 300 to 1 in 350.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Caleb by state, 2025Alaska: #65AKMaine: #101MEWisconsin: #53WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #80NHWashington: #45WAIdaho: #97IDMontana: #109MTNorth Dakota: #70NDMinnesota: #65MNIllinois: #55ILMichigan: #81MINew York: #56NYMassachusetts: #60MAOregon: #52ORNevada: #92NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #85SDIowa: #99IAIndiana: #87INOhio: #77OHPennsylvania: #53PANew Jersey: #52NJConnecticut: #48CTRhode Island: #52RICalifornia: #50CAUtah: #63UTColorado: #61CONebraska: #98NEMissouri: #111MOKentucky: #82KYWest Virginia: #127WVVirginia: #43VAMaryland: #27MDDelaware: #76DEArizona: #63AZNew Mexico: #106NMKansas: #92KSArkansas: #87ARTennessee: #77TNNorth Carolina: #57NCSouth Carolina: #58SCDistrict of Columbia: #39DCOklahoma: #91OKLouisiana: #106LAMississippi: #108MSAlabama: #70ALGeorgia: #61GAHawaii: #49HITexas: #52TXFlorida: #39FL
Caleb (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#44218
Quebec2025#59111

Caleb (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CalebCanadaBoys#37557
CalebEngland & WalesBoys#82624
CalebIrelandBoys#10852
CalebNorthern IrelandBoys#3651
CalebNSWBoys—too few
CalebScotlandBoys#4991
CalebUSGirls—too few
CalebUSBoys#585,217
CalebVICBoys—too few