Kaleb Boy
How popular is Kaleb?
#295 boy name in 2025
1,143 baby boys were named Kaleb in the US in 2025, making it the 295th most popular boy name.
Kaleb popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #295 for boys (▼ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,143 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #164 in 2015, #231 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (3,819 boys) |
| Highest rank | #108 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaleb counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Caleb family of names ranked #48 for boys in 2025 (#40 the year before), with 6,411 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Caleb | 5,217 | 81% |
| Kaleb | 1,143 | 18% |
| Kayleb | 31 | 0% |
| Cayleb | 9 | 0% |
| Kaileb | 6 | 0% |
| Calebe | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kaleb is most popular
Babies named Kaleb per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 2.1 per 1,000 (118 boys)
- New Mexico: 1.7 per 1,000 (55 boys)
- District of Columbia: 1.6 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- Delaware: 1.5 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- Alabama: 1.4 per 1,000 (150 boys)
Kaleb by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 387 | #875 |
| 1980s | 2,537 | #345 |
| 1990s | 14,904 | #156 |
| 2000s | 34,761 | #108 |
| 2010s | 26,039 | #116 |
| 2020s | 8,021 | #231 |
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Questions
- Is Kaleb a boy or girl name?
- Kaleb is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kaleb were boys.
- How popular is the name Kaleb?
- 1,143 baby boys were named Kaleb in the US in 2025, making it the 295th most popular boy name.
- When was Kaleb most popular?
- Kaleb peaked in 2007, when 3,819 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #108 in 2009.
- How many people are named Kaleb?
- 86,851 babies have been named Kaleb in the US since 1880. We estimate about 85,530 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Kaleb most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaleb was most common in Mississippi, at 2.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.