NameTides

Kaleb

Kaleb was the #295 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,143 babies), and #352 in England & Wales and #325 in Canada.

Kaleb as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kaleb as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandUSCanadaEngland & WalesIreland
Kaleb as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#295 (1,143)#352 (119)#219 (19)#159 (14)#402 (9)#325 (102)
2024#279 (1,225)#308 (145)#290 (13)#339 (4)#302 (13)#240 (137)
2023#271 (1,241)#290 (155)#192 (23)#249 (7)#330 (12)#242 (130)
2022#259 (1,343)#324 (135)#209 (20)#352 (4)#454 (7)#236 (140)
2021#243 (1,455)#347 (129)#207 (22)#266 (7)#552 (5)#240 (146)
2020#231 (1,614)#384 (111)#221 (19)#159 (14)—#210 (165)
2019#213 (1,789)#417 (101)#278 (14)#312 (5)#564 (5)#193 (196)
2018#207 (1,927)#369 (123)#208 (22)#234 (8)#749 (3)#190 (202)
2017#184 (2,116)#333 (145)#219 (22)#214 (9)#495 (6)#161 (234)
2016#176 (2,261)#353 (132)#225 (21)#253 (7)—#170 (219)
2015#164 (2,535)#355 (128)#154 (37)#211 (10)#615 (4)#165 (229)
2014#146 (2,770)#355 (118)#211 (24)#243 (8)#550 (5)#167 (226)
2013#137 (2,871)#350 (117)#240 (18)#244 (7)#534 (5)#144 (264)
2012#126 (2,997)#346 (127)#169 (34)#403 (3)#401 (9)#139 (281)
2011#116 (3,344)#325 (136)#208 (23)#231 (8)#490 (6)#138 (271)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #108.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 590common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaleb is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaleb by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #340WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #446WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #457ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #298NYMassachusetts: #274MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #201NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #379IAIndiana: #350INOhio: #380OHPennsylvania: #225PANew Jersey: #251NJConnecticut: #249CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #325CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #293CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #526KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #388VAMaryland: #221MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #295AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #311TNNorth Carolina: #247NCSouth Carolina: #243SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #201MSAlabama: #215ALGeorgia: #229GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #254TXFlorida: #187FL
Kaleb (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
Quebec2025#17532
Ontario2024#34139

Kaleb (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
KalebCanadaBoys#325102
KalebEngland & WalesBoys#352119
KalebIrelandBoys#4029
KalebNorthern IrelandBoys#15914
KalebScotlandBoys#21919
KalebUSGirls—too few
KalebUSBoys#2951,143